to surface
- verb
- /ˈsɜrfɪs/
- The truth about the incident began to surface after the investigation opened.
- issues surface
- problems surface
- begin to surface
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Watch on YouTubeIt'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.
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The earlier report identified a fourth characteristic, instrumental support, which did not surface in this study.
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As I considered various programs, Duke University kept surfacing as a particularly attractive choice.
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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 appear or become visible, for example when the sun shines through clouds
To be seen or arrive at a place
To move from below to a higher place, like a diver rising to the surface
To move upward into the air, like smoke or mist
To appear after being lost or when not expected
Move up through a liquid to the surface
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
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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
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A set of weapons and equipment that shoots rockets at planes
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 U.S. Navy center that develops and tests weapons and systems for ships
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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
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A pull at the surface between two liquids that do not mix, like oil and water
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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
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.