verb · neutral
emerge
UK/ɪˈmɜːdʒ/US/ɪˈmɝːdʒ/e·MERGE
Band 5-6task2task1speaking
to come into view, existence, or notice; to become known
Examples
“A clear pattern emerged from the data after we cleaned it.”
“New markets are emerging in Southeast Asia.”
“Several themes emerged during the interviews.”
Band 8 sentence
“After synthesising the qualitative interviews and quantitative results, several unexpected themes emerged.”
Collocations
- emerge from
- emerge as
Word family
emerge verbemergence nounemerging adjective
Common mistakes
A new leader merged after the crisis.→A new leader emerged after the crisis.
It emerges to be true.→It emerges that it is true. / It turns out to be true.
Say it for a higher band
5appear→6arise→7+emerge
Synonyms
appear
Easily confused
merge
“Two companies merged last year to form a larger corporation.”
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