verb · neutral
emerge
UK/ɪˈmɜːdʒ/US/ɪˈmɜrdʒ/e·MERGE
Band 5-6task2speaking
to come out or become known after being hidden or unknown
Examples
“New evidence has emerged that challenges the original theory.”
“Several talented players emerged from the youth programme.”
“The company emerged stronger after the restructuring.”
Band 8 sentence
“As new data emerged, the researchers revised their hypothesis accordingly.”
Collocations
- emerge from
- emerge as
Word family
emergence nounemerging adjective/verb (present participle)
Common mistakes
Many problems emerge during the research, so we stop.→Many problems emerged during the research, so we stopped.
It was emerge that the results were inaccurate.→It emerged that the results were inaccurate.
Say it for a higher band
5appear→6arise→7+emerge
Synonyms
arise
Easily confused
arise
“Problems arose when the software update failed.”
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