(~s, emerging, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
To ~ means to come out from an enclosed or dark space such as a room or a vehicle, or from a position where you could not be seen.
Richard was waiting outside the door as she ~d...
The postman ~d from his van soaked to the skin.
...holes made by the emerging adult beetle.
VERB: V, V from n, V-ing
2.
If you ~ from a difficult or bad experience, you come to the end of it.
There is growing evidence that the economy is at last emerging from recession.
VERB: V from n
3.
If a fact or result ~s from a period of thought, discussion, or investigation, it becomes known as a result of it.
...the growing corruption that has ~d in the past few years...
It soon ~d that neither the July nor August mortgage repayment had been collected...
The emerging caution over numbers is perhaps only to be expected.
VERB: V, it V that, V-ing
4.
If someone or something ~s as a particular thing, they become recognized as that thing. (JOURNALISM)
Vietnam has ~d as the world’s third-biggest rice exporter...
New leaders have ~d.
VERB: V as n, V
5.
When something such as an organization or an industry ~s, it comes into existence. (JOURNALISM)
...the new republic that ~d in October 1917.
...the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe.
VERB: V, V-ing