e ‧ merge W2 AC /ɪˈmɜːdʒ $ -ɜːrdʒ/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[ Word Family: adjective : ↑ emergent , ↑ emerging ; verb : ↑ emerge ; noun : ↑ emergence ]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: emergere , from mergere 'to dive' ]
1 . to appear or come out from somewhere:
The flowers emerge in the spring.
emerge from
The sun emerged from behind the clouds.
2 . if facts emerge, they become known after being hidden or secret ⇨ come out :
Eventually the truth emerged.
Later it emerged that the judge had employed an illegal immigrant.
3 . to come out of a difficult experience
emerge from
She emerged from the divorce a stronger person.
4 . to begin to be known or noticed:
a religious sect that emerged in the 1830s
emerge as
Local government has recently emerged as a major issue.