emergencenoun [ U ]
uk/ɪˈmɜː.dʒəns/us/ɪˈmɝː.dʒəns/emergence noun [ U ] (BECOMING KNOWN)
the fact of something becoming known or starting to exist:
China's emergence as an economic power
the emergence of a new strain of the HIV virus
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Beginnings and starts
- a baptism of/by fire idiom
- a clean sheet/slate idiom
- advent
- baptism
- beginning
- clean
- go/be back to square one idiom
- inception
- initiation
- institution
- introduction
- jumping-off point
- seed
- square
- starting point
- starting time
- the outset
- the thin end of the wedge idiom
- thin
- trigger
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emergence noun [ U ] (APPEARING)
formal the fact of someone appearing by coming out from behind something:
Unfortunately, I misjudged the timing of my emergence.
the fact of someone or something coming to the end of a difficult period or experience:
the country's emergence from bankruptcy
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Appearing & disappearing
- act
- bubble up
- come up
- conjure
- creep
- disappear off the face of the earth idiom
- do a disappearing/vanishing act idiom
- drain
- emerge
- erupt
- evaporate
- face
- form
- manifestation
- melt
- pop
- puff
- pull
- pull sth up
- wither
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
Coming to an end