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converge

Syllabification: (con·verge)
Pronunciation: /kənˈvərj/

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Definition of converge

verb

[no object]
  • (of several people or things) come together from different directions so as eventually to meet:convoys from America and the UK traversed thousands of miles to converge in the Atlantic figurativetwo separate people whose lives converge briefly from time to time
  • (converge on/upon) come from different directions and meet at (a place):half a million sports fans will converge on the capital
  • (of a number of things) gradually change so as to become similar or develop something in common:two cultures converged as the French settled Vermont
  • (of lines) tend to meet at a point:a pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles
  • Mathematics (of a series) approximate in the sum of its terms toward a definite limit:the powers of e therefore converge very slowly

Origin:

late 17th century: from late Latin convergere, from con- 'together' + Latin vergere 'incline'

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