come into being

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(idiomatic) To form; to start to exist.
Synonyms: appear, form, materialize, take shape; see also Thesaurus:come into being

Sociologists would like to study how this phenomenon came into being.

Related terms

bring into being

Translations

start to exist

Azerbaijani: törəmək (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 形成 (zh) (xíngchéng), 產生／产生 (zh) (chǎnshēng), 誕生／诞生 (zh) (dànshēng)
Finnish: saada alkunsa, syntyä (fi)
French: apparaître (fr)
German: entstehen (de)
Hungarian: létrejön (hu), megszületik (hu), születik (hu), keletkezik (hu), kialakul (hu)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: шочаш (šočaš)
Polish: zaistnieć (pl) pf, powstawać (pl) impf, powstać (pl) pf
Portuguese: surgir (pt)
Russian: возника́ть (ru) impf (voznikátʹ), возни́кнуть (ru) pf (vozníknutʹ)
Swedish: bli till (sv), uppstå (sv)
Tok Pisin: kamap

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