emerged; emerging
1
: to become manifest : become known
new problems emerged
2
: to rise from or as if from an enveloping fluid : come out into view
a diver emerging from the water
3
: to rise from an obscure or inferior position or condition
someone must emerge as a leader
4
: to come into being through evolution
Examples of emerge in a Sentence
The facts emerged after a lengthy investigation.
Several possible candidates have emerged.
She has emerged as a leading contender in the field.
His war record has emerged as a key issue in the election.
when land first emerged from the sea
The cat emerged from its hiding place behind the couch.
animals emerging from a long period of inactivity
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2025
Two of the Democratic standard-bearers to emerge from last week’s elections—Abigail Spanberger, the incoming governor of Virginia, and Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City—have emphasized different sides of these arguments in recent days.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
The real question is whether genuine mutual interest emerges from those preliminary conversations, many of which will take place in Las Vegas this week.
—Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
Lucas predicted after the season-opening win over Jacksonville that Reneau would emerge as the team’s leading scorer this season.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Emerge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emerge. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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emerge
verb
emerged; emerging
1
: to become known or apparent
the facts emerged
2
: to rise from or as if from a fluid : come out into view
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