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Definition of emergence noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

emergence

noun
 OPAL W
 
/ɪˈmɜːdʒəns/
 
/ɪˈmɜːrdʒəns/
[uncountable]
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  1.  
    emergence (of somebody/something) (from something) the fact of somebody/something moving out of or away from something and becoming possible to see
    • the island’s emergence from the sea 3 000 years ago
    • Albania's emergence from its long period of isolation
  2.  
    the fact of starting to exist or becoming known for the first time
    • the emergence of new technologies
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