emergence

Other forms of emergence

plural

emergences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about emergence

What does emergence mean?

emergence means "the gradual beginning or coming forth". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in emergence?

emergence has 3 syllables: e-mer-gence. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /ɪˈmɝdʒəns/.

What is another word for emergence?

Close synonyms include outgrowth, growth, egress, issue, emersion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is emergence a common word?

emergence is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with emergence?

1 word rhymes with emergence. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.