emergence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /iˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ (General-American)
- /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ (General-American)
- /iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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
1986, Brad Johnson, “Coming of Age”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 19:
- (countable, uncountable) The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance. ▸ The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) An emergency.
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.
1812, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 452:In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services.
1790, Charles Hamilton, Transactions During the Reign of Queen Anne:
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| emergences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
postemergence · preemergence · reemergence · coemergence · re-emergence
Relateds
Translations (51)
fr émergence (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · pt emergência (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · nl emergentie (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · hy առաջացում (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · ru всплы́тие (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · la ēmergentia (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · oc emergéncia (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · fi esille tuleminen (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · it emergenza (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · pl emergencja (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · cs emergence (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · no emergens (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · mk по́јава (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · es emersión (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · fi emergenssi (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · bg появяване (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · sv uppdykande (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · cs vynoření (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · bg поява (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · ru возникнове́ние (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · fr émergence (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · cmn 湧現 /涌现 (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · cmn 出現 /出现 (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · tr zuhur (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · ca emergència (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · ja 創発 (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · bg изплуване (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · txb lalñe (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · sh emergencija (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · fi ilmaantuminen (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · cs vznik (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · mk појаву́вање (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · sh emergencija (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · de Emergenz (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · sk emergencia (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · ar انبثاق (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · mk возникну́вање (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · es surgimiento (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · ru появле́ние (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · es emersión (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · sv emergens (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · ca propietats emergents (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · mk излегу́вање (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · fi pilkahtaminen (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · fi ilmestyminen (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · ru всплыва́ние (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · nan-hbl 突現 /突现 (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · tr belirme (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · nl opkomst (the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view) · cmn 突現 /突现 (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems) · es emergencia (the arising of emergent structure in complex systems)