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1. The gradual beginning or coming forth
   "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece";
   - outgrowth, growth
    
2. The becoming visible
   "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins";
   - egress, issue
    
3. The act of emerging
   - emersion
    
4. The act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent
   - egress, egression

Derived forms: emergences

Type of: act, appearance, beginning, deed, human action, human activity

Encyclopedia: Emergence