Dictionary entry details
• EMERGE (verb)
Meaning:
Come out into view, as from concealment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office
Hypernyms (to "emerge" is one way to...):
appear (come into sight or view)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emerge"):
burst (emerge suddenly)
shell (fall out of the pod or husk)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Come out of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
come forth; egress; go forth; emerge; come out; issue
Context examples:
Water issued from the hole in the wall / The words seemed to come out by themselves
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emerge"):
come out; fall out (come off)
debouch (pass out or emerge; especially of rivers)
fall (come out; issue)
escape (issue or leak, as from a small opening)
leak (enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure)
radiate (issue or emerge in rays or waves)
pop out (come out suddenly or forcefully)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Become known or apparent
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Some nice results emerged from the study
Hypernyms (to "emerge" is one way to...):
appear (come into sight or view)
Sentence frame:
It ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Come up to the surface of or rise
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
He felt new emotions emerge
Hypernyms (to "emerge" is one way to...):
come up; rise; rise up; surface (come to the surface)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Happen or occur as a result of something
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
come forth; emerge
Hypernyms (to "emerge" is one way to...):
arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise (come into existence; take on form or shape)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emerge"):
break (come forth or begin from a state of latency)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
