emergence
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emergence
- /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ UK
- /iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ UK
- /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ US
- /iˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.
noun emergences
- The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance. 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
- The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
- An emergency. In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: growth, egression, egress, issue, emersion, outgrowth, emerging, emerge, turnout, beginning, arrival, advent, inception, genesis, development, emergency
Translations
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noun the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view
| Español | surgimiento, emersión |
|---|---|
| Français | émergence |
| Русский | всплыва́ние vsplyvánije, всплы́тие vsplýtije |
noun the arising of emergent structure in complex systems
| Español | emergencia, emersión |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 創発 sōhatsu |
| 中文 | 湧現 /涌现 chūxiàn, 出現 /出现 chūxiàn, 突現 /突现 tūxiàn |
| Português | emergência |
| Français | émergence |
| Deutsch | Emergenz |
| Italiano | emergenza |
| Русский | появле́ние pojavlénije, возникнове́ние vozniknovénije |
| العربية | انبثاق |
Talk about this word "emergence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/emergence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. emergence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/emergence "emergence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/emergence.Cite this
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title = {emergence},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emergence},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
