to surface
- verb
- /ˈsɜrfɪs/
- The truth about the incident began to surface after the investigation opened.
- issues surface
- problems surface
- begin to surface
It'd be a shame if something were to surface about Zack's past.
- It'd be a shame if something were to surface about Zack's past.
- And two tweets surfaced that were homophobic.
- Please surface and reset your bearings.
- You've got potato protein is now starting to surface pumpkin.
Examples
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In some cases, bodies take weeks, months, and even years to surface.
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In addition to state legislation, the attack on immigrants has also surfaced within local communities.
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Signal the American Captain as soon as we surface.
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But how, how would a coach help you to surface your hidden assumptions?
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We're going to examine those and see if we can surface some answers.
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Anger at being allowed no inner life did not surface until much later.
Academic text (1999) -
The earlier report identified a fourth characteristic, instrumental support, which did not surface in this study.
Academic text (2013) -
As I considered various programs, Duke University kept surfacing as a particularly attractive choice.
Academic text (1990) -
The same can be said of the anti-Catholicism that surfaced in the aftermath of World War I.
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Water contamination has surfaced as one of the many theories being taken seriously as to the cause of the events in the Northeast.
Synonyms
To be seen or arrive at a place
To move upward into the air, like smoke or mist
To move from below to a higher place, like a diver rising to the surface
To appear or become visible, for example when the sun shines through clouds
To appear after being lost or when not expected
Move up through a liquid to the surface
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To remove earth and rock from the ground to get coal or other minerals
Compounds
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A weapon launched from the ground or a ship to destroy aircraft in the sky
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The total outside area of a solid object or a specific area inside a border
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A military ship that moves and fights on the water's surface, not underwater
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A movable part on a plane that the pilot moves to steer or keep it steady
An area of closely cut grass around a golf hole where players hit the ball toward the hole
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A soft background sound made when a record player's needle rubs a vinyl record
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A set of weapons and equipment that shoots rockets at planes
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A pull at the surface between two liquids that do not mix, like oil and water
- Formal
A U.S. Navy center that develops and tests weapons and systems for ships
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A surface in three-dimensional space made by an equation with squared terms in x, y, and z
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An instrument with a pointed tool on an adjustable stand used to mark and check flat surfaces like metal plates
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Small amounts of gas or liquid stick to a solid surface and form a thin layer
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The part of science that studies how substances act where two materials meet, like liquid and air
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A machine in power plants that cools steam from a turbine and turns it into water
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A chemical in soaps and detergents that helps water mix with oil
How Visible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Surface comes from the Latin parts super- ('above') and face ('face'), giving the image of something coming up to the 'top face'; imagine a diver coming up to the water's top. So, to surface is to rise or come up from being hidden.