Dictionary

converge en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer; to become a unified whole; to come to share a similarity.
   • I am walking down a snowy street in Brookline. Three men and I converge at a front door, introduce ourselves, and shake hands. 1988 February 7, Marea Murray, “Battles Joined: Oddysey of a Lesbian AIDS Activist”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 8:
   • All of his books converge on the same outline.
   • The mountains converge into a single ridge. 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
   • 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. 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:
   • ideas converge
2. (intransitive) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
3. (intransitive) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
4. (transitive) To cause to converge; to bring together.
   • Microsoft Windows 98 software installer By converging real-time 2-D and 3-D graphics, digital video and audio, and the Internet, Windows 98 redefines the role of the computer as an entertainment platform.

Forms

Antonyms

diverge

Deriveds

hyperconverged · deconvergence · unconverged · equiconvergence · reconverge · convergent · converger · convergement · convergence · postconvergence · semiconvergence · misconverge · misconvergence

Relateds

divergence

Translations (69)

bg схождам се (to have a limit) · cmn 收斂 /收敛 (to have a limit) · ru сойти́сь (to approach each other) · gl converxer (to have a limit) · de zusammenlaufen (to approach each other) · it convergere (to have a limit) · it incontrarsi (to approach each other) · hu összefut (to approach each other) · sh приближа́вати impf се (to approach each other) · ast converxer (to have a limit) · el συγκλίνω (to approach each other) · ca convergir (to have a limit) · fi lähentyä (to approach each other) · fi konvergoitua (to approach each other) · sh prìmicati impf se (to approach each other) · cs konvergovat (to approach each other) · fa همگراییدن (to approach each other) · es acotar (to have a limit) · sh прима̀кнути pf се (to approach each other) · fr converger (to approach each other) · cs sblížit (to approach each other) · hu egyfelé / egy irányba tart (to approach each other) · sh прибли́жити pf се (to approach each other) · fa همگراشدن (to approach each other) · eo konverĝi (to approach each other) · de konvergieren (to have a limit) · hu tart (to have a limit) · fi supeta (to have a limit) · bg събирам се (to approach each other) · es converger (to have a limit) · ru сходи́ться (to approach each other) · de zusammenstreben (to approach each other) · sv konvergera (to have a limit) · yi צונויפֿקומען (to approach each other) · cs konvergovat (to have a limit) · it convergere (to approach each other) · de konvergieren (to approach each other) · de zusammengehen (to approach each other) · pt convergir (to approach each other) · uk сходитися (to approach each other) · pl schodzić się (to approach each other) · uk наближатися (to have a limit) · es converger (to approach each other) · fr converger (to have a limit) · bg приближавам се (to approach each other) · hu közeledik egymáshoz (to approach each other) · pl zbiec (to have a limit) · pt convergir (to have a limit) · ca convergir (to approach each other) · ru приближа́ться (to approach each other) · nl samenkomen (to approach each other) · sh primàknuti pf se (to approach each other) · mi ūngutu (to approach each other) · pl zbiegać (to have a limit) · bg сливам се (to approach each other) · sh konvergírati (to approach each other) · sh конверги́рати (to approach each other) · pl zejść się (to approach each other) · hu egybetorkollik (to approach each other) · es parecerse (to approach each other) · fa همگرایستن (to approach each other) · ru прибли́зиться (to approach each other) · uk збігатися (to have a limit) · sh približávati impf se (to approach each other) · hu konvergál (to have a limit) · hu összetart (to approach each other) · cs sbližovat (to approach each other) · sh прѝмицати impf се (to approach each other) · sh priblížiti pf se (to approach each other)