emerge

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /iˈmɝd͡ʒ/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /iˈmɜːd͡ʒ/

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Verb

Plain form emerge

Third-person singular emerges

Past tense emerged

Past participle emerged

Present participle emerging

1. (intransitive) If you emerge, you come out of something.

   Black, who was wanted by police, emerged from hiding yesterday.

2. (intransitive) If a pattern or picture emerges, it becomes clear.

   It was only many months afterwards that a complete picture began to emerge of what had happened.

   Details of the operation to remove the boat people are now emerging.

Synonyms

• appear