converge

From Latin convergere, from con- (“together”) +‎ vergere (“to bend”).

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

converge (third-person singular simple present converges, present participle converging, simple past and past participle converged)

1. (intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.

   ideas converge

   • 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:

     The mountains converge into a single ridge.

   • 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:

     Between them, and fitted with the necessary turntables, capstans, and other appliances for transferring the small four-wheel carriages and vans from one track to another, were 14 tracks which converged outside the station into double-track through the Maiden Lane Tunnel, 528 yd. in length.

   • 1988 February 7, Marea Murray, “Battles Joined: Oddysey of a Lesbian AIDS Activist”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 8:

     I am walking down a snowy street in Brookline. Three men and I converge at a front door, introduce ourselves, and shake hands.

2. (intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
3. (intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.

• diverge

• divergence

• Congreve

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/

converge

1. inflection of converger:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /konˈvɛr.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ɛrdʒe
• Hyphenation: con‧vèr‧ge

converge

1. third-person singular present indicative of convergere

converge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convergō

converge

1. inflection of convergir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French converger, from Latin convergere.

a converge (third-person singular present converge, past participle convers, third-person subjunctive conveargă) 3rd conjugation

1. to converge

converge

1. inflection of converger:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of convergir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative