- emerge
- verb1 come outADVERB▪ slowly▪ suddenly▪ eventually, finally▪ fully▪
The plant has fully emerged from the soil.
PREPOSITION▪ from▪The world is only slowly emerging from recession.
▪ into▪They suddenly emerged into brilliant sunshine.
▪ out of▪the musical forms that emerged out of the American black experience
PHRASES▪ emerge fully formed▪His enormous talent had emerged fully formed.
2 become knownADVERB▪ clearly, strongly▪One thing emerges very clearly from this study.
▪ gradually▪ quickly, soon▪The answer to the problem quickly emerged.
▪ recently▪ later, subsequently▪It subsequently emerged that he had known about the deal all along.
▪ eventually, ultimately▪What eventually emerged from the election disaster was a realization that it was time for change.
VERB + EMERGE▪ begin to, start to▪Problems with this drug are now beginning to emerge.
PREPOSITION▪ from▪Several facts started to emerge from my investigation.
3 start to existADVERB▪ rapidly▪The Pacific region has rapidly emerged as a leading force on the world stage.
▪ gradually, slowly▪ naturallyPHRASES▪ newly emerged, newly emerging▪newly emerging areas of science
Emerge is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑butterfly, ↑consensus, ↑detail, ↑difference, ↑evidence, ↑explanation, ↑finding, ↑idea, ↑inconsistency, ↑leaf, ↑message, ↑news, ↑party, ↑pattern, ↑phenomenon, ↑picture, ↑problem, ↑regime, ↑relationship, ↑report, ↑shape, ↑shoot, ↑story, ↑sun, ↑theme, ↑thread, ↑trend, ↑truth, ↑word
Collocations dictionary. 2013.