emergence

CEFRC1

/ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/

noun

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Also pronounced

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
An outgrowth from the surface, such as a prickle or wart, differing from hairs in arising from more than the superficial cells, and from spines in arising from a few layers only.

In context

The island’s emergence from the sea 3 000 years ago
In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services.
Some birds do indeed sing through the night of all we can remember, temperature gaugings at the site of our earliest emergence revealing that all was cool then

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Some birds do indeed sing through the night of all we can remember, temperature gaugings at the site of our earliest emergence revealing that all was cool then
1986, Brad Johnson, “Coming of Age”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 19
In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services.
1790, Charles Hamilton, Transactions During the Reign of Queen Anne
I[…]had recourse to an English Merchant, Mr Gregory, long settled at Dunkirk, to whom, happily, I had been recommended, as to a person capable, in any emergence, to afford me assistance.
1812, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 452

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Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.