Emergence Meaning
/ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
nounThe 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.
Sentence Examples
Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.
The emergence of stereotypes and TV are closely related.
The island’s emergence from the sea 3 000 years ago
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of a star from a gas cloud is a slow process.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of new technology changed the way we communicate daily.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of a star from a gas cloud is a slow process.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of new technology changed the way we communicate daily.