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emerges

emerges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of emerge.

Meaning of emerge

Verb

emerge (third-person singular simple present emerges, present participle emerging, simple past and past participle emerged)

  1. (intransitive) To come into view.
    • There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    come forth
  2. (copulative, intransitive) To come out of a situation, object, or a liquid.
    • He emerged unscathed from the accident.
  3. (intransitive) To become known.
    • Gradually the truth emerged.

Questions about emerges

What is emerges the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Emerges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of emerge.

Words near emerges in the dictionary

  1. emergently
  2. emergentness
  3. emergents
  4. emerger
  5. emergers
  6. emerges
  7. emergest
  8. emergeth
  9. emergetic
  10. emergicenter
  11. emergicenters

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