1. move out of or away from something and come into view: "black ravens emerged from the fog"Similarcome outappearcome into viewbecome visiblemake an appearanceturn upspring upcome upsurfacecrop uppop upmaterializemanifest oneselfariseproceedissuecome forthemanateOppositedisappear
▪ become apparent, important, or prominent: "Philadelphia has emerged as the clear favorite"Similarbecome knownbecome apparentbecome evidentbe revealedcome to lightcome outtranspirecome to the foreenter the pictureunfoldturn outprove to be the casebecome common knowledgeget around
▪ (of facts or circumstances) become known: "reports of a deadlock emerged during preliminary discussions"
▪ recover from or survive a difficult or demanding situation: "the economy has started to emerge from recession"
▪ (of an insect or other invertebrate) break out from an egg, cocoon, or pupal case.
Word Originlate 16th century (in the sense ‘become known, come to light’): from Latin emergere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, forth’ + mergere ‘to dip’.
