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emergence

/ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/noun3 syllables

Emergence means: the gradual beginning or coming forth.

Synonyms for emergence6

noun, as in the gradual beginning or coming forth

outgrowth, growth

noun, as in the becoming visible

egress, issue

noun, as in the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

egress, egression

noun, as in the act of emerging

emersion

What does emergence mean?4

noun

1

the gradual beginning or coming forth“figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece”

2

the becoming visible“not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins”

3

the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent

4

the act of emerging

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with emergence?3

three syllables

convergenceresurgencedivergence
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Emergence in a sentence

  • Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.unknown
  • The emergence of stereotypes and TV are closely related.marcelostockle
  • It's increasingly looking like the emergence of intelligent life on Earth was a fluke.shekitten
  • In many ways, these fossils are the 'smoking gun' just before the emergence of our own genus.sacredceltic
  • Now, headlines more often point to its fast-growing economy and its emergence as a regional peacemaker.Cangarejo
  • The emergence of a third gender has added legal and administrative complications, creating unnecessary burdens.unknown
  • The emergence of the exoskeleton in arthropods was a very important evolutionary event for those animals.apzzd
  • Morocco is concerned about Algeria's emergence.Amastan

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Forms of emergence

as a noun

plural
emergences