emerged

e-merged · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *emerge*; came out from a concealed or enclosed space.

  2. 2.

    Became known or apparent.

  3. 3.

    Developed or arose, especially from a difficult situation.

Related words

Antonyms: disappeared, submerged, vanished
See also: appeared, emerge, emerging
Synonyms: appeared, arose, materialized, surfaced

Etymology

Past tense of emerge, from Latin emergere ("to rise up, come forth"), from ex- ("out") + mergere ("to dip, plunge").