emerged
- 1Simple past and past participle of emerge.
A new leader emerged from the chaos of the uprising.
By dawn, the full truth had emerged from the investigation.
Note
Because emerge takes no object, its past participle never turns passive: nothing can be emerged. In the perfect it pairs with have (the truth had emerged), never with be. The form also works as a linking verb, followed by an adjective that describes the state someone comes out in: she emerged unscathed, the team emerged victorious. That adjective describes the subject, not the manner of emerging.
After three days in the mountains, the hikers emerged unscathed.
Against every forecast, the small party emerged victorious.
emerged is a form of emerge
emerge, verb: To come into view from a hidden or obscured position. Full entry
- Spelling
- emerge → emerged: add -d
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