emerge

«emerge» in Mova's school dictionary: To come out from inside or behind something and be seen:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (emerge, emerges, emerged, emerging)

meaning for a pupil

1) To come out from inside or behind something and be seen: A chick emerged from the egg. tree →

2) To become known: The truth emerged later. tree →

3) To appear or develop: New problems emerged. tree →

4) To come through a hard time: She emerged from the illness stronger. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science butterflies emerge from cocoons and plants emerge from the soil; in stories characters emerge from caves or the dark; in news facts emerge. Phrases: «emerge from», «it emerged that…», «emerging».

examples

• A butterfly emerged from the chrysalis. tree →
• The sun emerged from behind the clouds. tree →
• It later emerged that the money was missing. tree →
• Shoots emerge from the soil in spring. tree →
• The swimmer emerged from the water, shivering. tree →
• New ideas emerged during the meeting. tree →
• The first to emerge from his tree was Curly. tree →

note

Regular verb. Noun: emergence. Do not confuse with «emergency» (a sudden dangerous situation), although they come from the same root. Opposite: submerge (go under water).

In the corpora

• "Emerging" on a UK report means well below the expected level.
• "Needs encouragement" on a report usually means lazy, and "emerging" means well below the expected level.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «emerge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.