{
    "term": "emerge",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "emerge",
            "heSheIt": "emerges"
        },
        "pastSimple": "emerged",
        "pastParticiple": "emerged",
        "ingForm": "emerging"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to move out of or away from something and become possible to see",
            "sensetop": "emerge from somethingemerge into something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The crabs emerge at low tide to look for food."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She finally emerged from her room at noon.",
                    "contextForm": "emerge from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The swimmer emerged from the lake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He emerged from the shadows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The management team emerged from its planning meetings with ambitious goals for the year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We emerged into bright sunlight.",
                    "contextForm": "emerge into something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plant has fully emerged from the soil."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They suddenly emerged into brilliant sunshine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A figure emerged from the darkness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She disappeared into the house and emerged a few seconds later carrying a suitcase."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["slowly", "suddenly", "eventually"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into", "out of"],
                "phrases": ["emerge fully formed"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to become known",
            "sensetop": "emerge from somethingit emerges that…",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "No new evidence emerged during the investigation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More research is needed, but already a **pattern** has **emerged**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More details have emerged of his relationship with the film star."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Problems with this drug are now beginning to emerge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A clear picture emerges from this complex set of data.",
                    "contextForm": "emerge from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It emerged that the company was going to be sold.",
                    "contextForm": "it emerges that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It subsequently emerged that he had known about the deal all along."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One thing emerges very clearly from this study."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several facts started to emerge from my investigation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The answer to the problem quickly emerged."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What eventually emerged from the election disaster was a realization that it was time for change."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What emerges from these fascinating studies is a giant issue."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "transpire",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["clearly", "strongly", "gradually"],
                "verb + emerge": ["begin to", "start to"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to start to exist; to appear or become known",
            "sensetop": "emerge as something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "After the elections opposition groups began to emerge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He emerged as a key figure in the campaign.",
                    "contextForm": "emerge as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The University of Colorado emerged as the overall winner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the musical forms that emerged out of the American black experience"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Pacific region has rapidly emerged as a leading force on the world stage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His enormous talent had emerged fully formed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The city first emerged as a significant artistic centre in the 11th century."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["rapidly", "gradually", "slowly"],
                "phrases": ["newly emerged", "newly emerging"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to survive a difficult situation or experience",
            "sensetop": "emerge (from something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She emerged from the scandal with her reputation intact."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The world is only slowly emerging from recession."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːdʒ/",
                "audio": "em/emerge/emerge__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːdʒɪz/",
                "audio": "em/emerge/emerges__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːdʒd/",
                "audio": "em/emerge/emerged__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːdʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "em/emerge/emerging__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːrdʒ/",
                "audio": "em/emerge/emerge__us_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːrdʒɪz/",
                "audio": "em/emerge/emerges__us_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːrdʒd/",
                "audio": "em/emerge/emerged__us_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːrdʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "em/emerge/emerging__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘become known, come to light’): from Latin emergere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, forth’ + mergere ‘to dip’."
}