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Spell Bee Word: Emerge


What does emerge mean?

Word: Emerge

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Emerge means to come out from inside or behind something and become seen.

Synonyms: appear, arise, come out

Antonyms: disappear, hide

How do you spell emerge?

Syllables: e - merge

Tricky part: It begins with e, not i. The end is ge, not dge or j.

Watch out for: emerj, imerge, emerdge

Memory tip: Emergency begins with the same six letters as emerge. When trouble suddenly emerges, it can turn into an emergency.

Emerge in a sentence

Example 1: A rainbow emerged after the rain stopped.

Example 2: The cat emerged from under the bed when it smelt fish.

Example 3: Slowly the moon emerged from behind the clouds over the lake.

Fun Fact

In Latin, emergere meant to rise up out of water, the way a diver comes up for air.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word: emerge

a) vanish
b) glow
c) surface
d) wake

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a) vanish. When something vanishes it goes out of sight, while emerging brings it into view.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gremee

a) energy
b) emerge
c) merger
d) meagre

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b) emerge. Merger needs two r's, energy needs an n and a y, and meagre needs an a, so the letters make emerge.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

emerrge

a) m
b) e
c) g
d) r

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d) r. A single r sits before the ge.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sparkle
b) arrive
c) emmerge
d) bubble

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c) emmerge. Emerge has a single m straight after the first e.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence uses emerge the right way?

a) We emerged the cloth in hot water.
b) A seal emerged from the icy water.
c) The two lanes emerge here to form one road.
d) Mother emerged me to finish my food.

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b) A seal emerged from the icy water.

2. After weeks of questions, the truth finally emerged. What does emerged mean here?

a) became known
b) was forgotten
c) stayed hidden
d) got changed

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a) became known

Associated Words

Words that end in -rge: urge, gorge, diverge, verge, undercharge, large

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: appear, arise, disappear, hide

More words from this list

haddock, magnetism, petticoat, response, summon, wetland, baffle, creative

Next steps

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