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Emergence

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

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Broader term 4

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Appearance 76% connected

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Narrower term 6

Dissilience 76% connected

Alt. of Dissiliency

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Emanation 76% connected

The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.

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Emission 76% connected

The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission…

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Eruption 76% connected

The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust.…

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Rise 76% connected

To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other volun…

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Surfacing 76% connected

of Surface

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Emerge 74% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Emerge 74% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Emergent 74% connected

Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.

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Emergent 74% connected

Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.

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Synonym 6

Egress 92% connected

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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Egression 92% connected

The act of going; egress.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Emersion 92% connected

The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Growth 92% connected

The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Issue 92% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outgrowth 92% connected

That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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