emerge
Other forms: emerged; emerging; emerges
To emerge means to come out into view or come forth. You might hope to emerge from an epic perming session looking like a beauty queen, but chances are it will just look like you got electrocuted.
From the Latin emergere, meaning to “rise out or up, bring forth, bring to light,” emerge is an intransitive verb that might bring to mind the image of a whale rising up from the depths of the sea, or of a person popping out from a dark corner to spook you. Appear and peep are synonyms, while dip and sink are antonyms.
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come out into view, as from concealment
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come out of
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synonyms:
come forth, come out, egress, go forth, issue
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pop out
come out suddenly or forcefully
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radiate
issue or emerge in rays or waves
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leak
enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
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escape
issue or leak, as from a small opening
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fall
come out; issue
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debouch
pass out or emerge; especially of rivers
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come out, fall out
come off
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come up to the surface of or rise
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become known or apparent“Some nice results emerged from the study”
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type of:
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appear
come into sight or view
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appear
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happen or occur as a result of something
/əˈmərdʒ/
/ɛˈmədʒ/
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