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emerging

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adjective

emergent(def 3): emerging nations.

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Origin of emerging

First recorded in 1640–50; emerge + -ing2
Related formsun·e·merg·ing, adjective

emerge

[ih-murj]

verb (used without object), e·merged, e·merg·ing.

to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity: a ghost emerging from the grave; a ship emerging from the fog.
to rise or come forth from or as if from water or other liquid.
to come up or arise, as a question or difficulty.
to come into existence; develop.
to rise, as from an inferior or unfortunate state or condition.

Origin of emerge

1630–40; < Latin ēmergere to arise out of, equivalent to ē- e-1 + mergere to dive, sink
Related formsre·e·merge, verb (used without object), re·e·merged, re·e·merg·ing.un·e·merged, adjective
Can be confusedemerge immerge

Synonym study

1. Emerge, emanate, issue mean to come forth. Emerge is used of coming forth from a place shut off from view, or from concealment, or the like, into sight and notice: The sun emerges from behind the clouds. Emanate is used of intangible things, as light or ideas, spreading from a source: Rumors often emanate from irresponsible persons. Issue is often used of a number of persons, a mass of matter, or a volume of smoke, sound, or the like, coming forth through any outlet or outlets: The crowd issued from the building.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for emerging

Contemporary Examples of emerging

Historical Examples of emerging

  • Henricksen tore his glasses from his eyes, and emerging from the tent, groped on the desk for the weapon he had left there.

  • The result is that I become like a winter overcoat just emerging from moth-balls rather than hurt his feelings.

    The Smiling Hill-Top

    Julia M. Sloane

  • She named the monster before she strove to fight it, to beat it back into the darkness from which it was emerging.

    A Spirit in Prison

    Robert Hichens

  • And now emerging from the darksome shade, She pressed the silken carpet of the glade.

    The Culprit Fay

    Joseph Rodman Drake

  • Emerging from the money changer's was his close companion of the voyage.

    '19,000'

    Burford Delannoy

British Dictionary definitions for emerging

emerge

verb (intr often foll by from)

to come up to the surface of or rise from water or other liquid
to come into view, as from concealment or obscurityhe emerged from the cave
(foll by from) to come out (of) or live (through a difficult experience)he emerged from his ordeal with dignity
to become apparentseveral interesting things emerged from the report
Derived Formsemerging, adjective

Word Origin for emerge

C17: from Latin ēmergere to rise up from, from mergere to dip
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for emerging

emerge

v.

1560s, from Middle French émerger, from Latin emergere "rise out or up, bring forth, bring to light," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + mergere "to dip, sink" (see merge). The notion is of rising from a liquid by virtue of buoyancy. Related: Emerged; emerging.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper