Definition of 'emergence'
uncountable noun
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emergence in American English
(ɪˈmɜːrdʒəns)
noun
1.
the act or process of emerging
2.
an outgrowth, as a prickle, on the surface of a plant
3. (in evolutionary biology)
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emergence
British English: emergence
NOUN /ɪˈmɜːdʒəns/
The emergence of something is the process or event of its coming into existence.
...the emergence of new democracies.
- American English: emergence /ɪˈmɜrdʒəns/
- Brazilian Portuguese: surgimento
- Chinese: 兴起
- European Spanish: surgimiento
- French: apparition
- German: Entstehung
- Italian: apparizione
- Japanese: 出現
- Korean: 출현
- European Portuguese: surgimento
- Latin American Spanish: surgimiento
- Thai: การโผล่ออกมา, การเกิดขึ้น, การปรากฏ
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