Meanings
present singular third person emerges · participle present emerging · participle past emerged · past emerged
- intransitiveTo come into view.
The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC3 more examples
There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLCThroughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal CombustionWith such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in TelegraphSynonyms: come forth
- copulativeintransitiveTo come out of a situation, object, or a liquid.
The submarine emerged from the ocean.
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He emerged unscathed from the accident.
The Soviet Union emerged from the ruins of an empire.
Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 172 - intransitiveTo become known.
Gradually the truth emerged.
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The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892Synonyms: come to light, transpire
- alternativeAlternative spelling of emerg.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo come into view.
verbTo become known.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinēmergō“to rise up or out”
- Middle Frenchemerger
- Englishemerge
First attested in the late 16th century. Borrowed from Middle French emerger, from Latin ēmergō (“to rise up or out”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (“out, forth”)) + mergō (“to dip, to sink”)
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Arabic ظَهَرَ
- ظَهَرَ (ẓahara)to come into view
Bulgarian появявам се, изли́зам
- появявам се (pojavjavam se)to come into view
- изли́зам (izlízam)to come out of
- изплувам (izpluvam)to become known
Catalan emergir, emergir
- emergirto come into view
- emergirto come out of
- sorgirto come out of
Chinese Cantonese 出現 /出现, 出嚟
- 出現 /出现 (ceot¹ jin⁶)to come into view
- 出嚟 (ceot¹ lai⁴, ceot¹ lei⁴)to come out of
Chinese Mandarin 出現 /出现, 出來 /出来
- 出現 /出现 (chūxiàn)to come into view
- 出來 /出来 (chūlái)to come out of
Czech objevit se, vyjít najevo
- objevit seto come into view
- vyjít najevoto become known
Danish opstå
- opståto come out of
Dutch opduiken
- opduikento come out of
Esperanto emerĝi
- emerĝito come out of
Finnish ilmestyä, tulla näkyviin
- ilmestyäto come into view
- tulla näkyviinto come into view
- ilmaantuato come into view
- selvitäto come out of
- noustato come out of
- tulla ilmito become known
- käydä ilmito become known
- selvitäto become known
- paljastuato become known
French émerger, émerger
- émergerto come into view
- émergerto come out of
- sortirto come out of
- émergerto become known
German erscheinen, auftauchen
- erscheinento come into view
- auftauchento come into view
- herauskommento come out of
- davonkommento come out of
- auftauchento come out of
- bekannt werdento become known
- herauskommento become known
Greek αναδύομαι
- αναδύομαι (anadýomai)to become known
Hebrew צץ, התגלה
- צץ (tsats)to come into view
- התגלה (hitgalá)to come into view
- בִּצְבֵּץ (bitzbétz)to come into view
- צף (tsaf)to come out of
Hungarian előbukkan, felbukkan
- előbukkanto come into view
- felbukkanto come into view
- előkerülto come into view
- felmerülto come out of
- felbukkanto come out of
- előbukkanto come out of
- előbújikto come out of
- kiemelkedikto come out of
- kibújikto come out of
- kiderülto become known
- kitűnikto become known
- nyilvánvalóvá válikto become known
Indonesian muncul, muncul
- munculto come into view
- munculto come out of
- sembulto come out of
Italian emergere, venire fuori
- emergereto come out of
- venire fuorito come out of
- venire alla luceto become known
- venire fuorito become known
- emergereto become known
Japanese 現れる, 出てくる
- 現れる (arawareru)to come into view
- 出てくる (dete kuru)to come out of
Latin emergo, exsisto
- emergoto come into view
- exsistoto come into view
- prōdeōto come out of
- ēmergōto come out of
Malay muncul, timbul
- munculto come into view
- timbulto come into view
Māori riaki
- riakito come into view
Portuguese emergir, emergir
- emergirto come into view
- emergirto come out of
Romanian apărea, emerge
- apăreato come into view
- emergeto come into view
Russian появля́ться, появи́ться
- появля́ться (pojavljátʹsja)to come into view
- появи́ться (pojavítʹsja)to come into view
- возника́ть (voznikátʹ)to come into view
- возни́кнуть (vozníknutʹ)to come into view
- выходи́ть (vyxodítʹ)to come out of
- вы́йти (výjti)to come out of
- всплыва́ть (vsplyvátʹ)to become known
- всплыть (vsplytʹ)to become known
Spanish emerger, aparecer
- emergerto come into view
- aparecerto come into view
- aflorarto come into view
- surgirto come out of
- emergerto come out of
- aflorarto come out of
- emergerto become known
- aparecerto become known
Swedish dyka upp
- dyka uppto come into view
Thai ผุด, ผุด
- ผุด (pùt)to come into view
- ผุด (pùt)to come out of
Ukrainian з'явля́тися, виника́ти
- з'явля́тися (zʺjavljátysja)to come into view
- виника́ти (vynykáty)to come into view
- вихо́дити (vyxódyty)to come out of
- сплива́ти (splyváty)to become known
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with emerge
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Cite this entry
emerge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emerge
“emerge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emerge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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