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e·merge
 emerge
- pronunciation:
- ih
muhrj
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
emerged, emerges, emerging |
| definition 1: |
to rise up from or come out of a surrounding environment or substance.A figure emerged from the mist.Finally, the diver's head emerged out of the murky water.- synonyms:
- loom
- similar words:
- appear, emanate, issue, loom, surface
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| definition 2: |
to become apparent or evident.Eventually, new evidence emerged, and the case was reopened.- synonyms:
- appear, transpire
- similar words:
- materialize
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| definition 3: |
to come into being; develop.The project was delayed because of unforeseen problems that emerged.New and radical ideas began to emerge toward the end of the century.- synonyms:
- arise, come up, develop, evolve, originate, rise
- similar words:
- crop up, dawn, originate, spring up
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| related words: |
arise, break, breed, burst, come, hatch, mushroom, open, peep, peer, rise, shape, spring, start |
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