Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emergence

/ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: emer-gence
IPA: /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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"
"In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services."
"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: émergence

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
British English: /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/

Usage

Inflected Forms

emergences (plural)

Derived Forms

coemergence postemergence preemergence reemergence

Phrases

re-emergence

Frequently Paired Words

emerge emergent eclosion

Synonyms

egress egression emersion issue outgrowth growth

Rhymes With

convergence resurgence divergence reemergence submergence insurgence vergence urgence detergence immergence mergence upsurgence

Questions

How do you pronounce emergence?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/.
What does emergence mean?: The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
Where does emergence come from?: It is traced to French.

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