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merge en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /mɝd͡ʒ/ (US)
  • /mɜːd͡ʒ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).

Meanings

  1. The joining together of multiple sources.
    • There are often accidents at that traffic merge.
    • The merge of the two documents failed.
  2. Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
merges Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

match-merge · zipper merge · mergesort · merge request · mail merge · merge game · merge lane

Synonyms

merging · merger

Translations (20)

es fusión (linguistics: syntactic operation) · bg обединяване (joining of multiple sources) · nl samenvloeiing (joining of multiple sources) · cs slučovat (joining of multiple sources) · es horcajo (joining of multiple sources) · cs sloučit (joining of multiple sources) · da sammenfletning (joining of multiple sources) · es confluencia (joining of multiple sources) · fr fusionner (linguistics: syntactic operation) · ta கலப்பு (joining of multiple sources) · sk zlučovať (joining of multiple sources) · pt conectar (linguistics: syntactic operation) · ru слия́ние (joining of multiple sources) · ro combinare (joining of multiple sources) · ta சேர்ப்பு (joining of multiple sources) · sk zlúčiť (joining of multiple sources) · ca combinació (joining of multiple sources) · fr combiner (linguistics: syntactic operation) · es ensamble (linguistics: syntactic operation) · nl kruising (joining of multiple sources)

merge en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /mɝd͡ʒ/ (US)
  • /mɜːd͡ʒ/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a whole.
    • The two companies merged.
    • Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
    • Whig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots—Englishmen—lovers of liberty. 1835 January, [Thomas De Quincey], “Samuel Taylor Coleridge. By the English Opium-eater. […]”, in William Tait, editor, Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume II, number XIII, Edinburgh: William Tait […], →OCLC, page 8, column 1:
    • to merge all natural and all social sentiment in inordinate vanity 1791, Edmund Burke, letter to a member of the National Assembly:
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To combine two or more versions of a file into one file, especially using a version control system.
  3. To blend gradually into something else.
    • The sky and sea seem to merge at the horizon.
    • The lanes of traffic merged.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
merging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
merges Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
merged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
merged Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

split · divide

Deriveds

match-merge · commerge · mergeburst · merge-purge · unmerge · merger · remerge · mergist · mergism · mergee · mail merge · mergeable · demerge · mergeability · urge to merge · merge sort · mismerge

Synonyms

meld · consolidate · alloy · coalesce · interweave · cumulate · embody · blend · integrate · merge · amalgamate · fuse · agglomerate · combine · conflate · incorporate · aggregate · mass · unite

Translations (115)

ro se combina ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · ta இணை ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · de zusammenkommen ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · tr birleşmek ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · it fondersi ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · hu összeolvad ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · vi hòa hợp ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · de vereinen ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · pt juntar-se ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · az birləşdirmək ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · el συγχωνεύομαι ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · ro combina ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · ru слива́ться ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · fi liittyä yhteen ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · bg обединявам ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · vi hòa trộn (to combine several versions into one file) · fr fusionner ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · ro se îmbina (to blend gradually into something else) · ru слить ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · fi sulauttaa ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · cs sloučit ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · de sich vereinen ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · ca fusionar ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · nl samenvoegen ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · ru смёржить (to combine several versions into one file) · ru объедини́ть ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · hu egybeolvaszt ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · az birləşdirmək ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · de verschmelzen ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · sv fusionera ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · he מיזג (to combine several versions into one file) · fi fuusioitua ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · da forene, fusionere ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · hu beleolvad (to blend gradually into something else) · ta சேர் ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · fi sekoittua (to blend gradually into something else) · sv sammansmälta ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · ko 합하다 ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · de zusammenfügen ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · ca transformar (to blend gradually into something else) · ja 合わせる ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · hu egybeolvad ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · vi gộp ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · nl samenkomen ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · pl łączyć ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · de zusammenlegen ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · fi liittää yhteen ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · hu egyesít ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · da forene, fusionere ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · fi yhdistyä ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · hu egyesül ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · fr fusionner (to combine several versions into one file) · de fusionieren ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · sv fusionera ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · nl overgaan in (to blend gradually into something else) · ta கல (to blend gradually into something else) · pl połączyć ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · zh 合并 ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · bg сливам се ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · el συγχωνεύω ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · ta இணை ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · de zusammenkommen (to blend gradually into something else) · de zusammenführen ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · nl samenvloeien (to blend gradually into something else) · vi hoà trộn (to combine several versions into one file) · tr karışmak (to blend gradually into something else) · ar دَمَجَ ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · sv gå ihop ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · pt unir ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · mi whakahanumi ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · mnc ᡴᠠᠮᠴᡳᠮᠪᡳ ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · de sich zusammenschließen ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · hu vegyít ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · pl łączyć się ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · pl połączyć się ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · fi yhtyä (to blend gradually into something else) · sv förena ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · sv slå ihop ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · vi hoà hợp ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · nl fusioneren ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · he מירג׳ג׳ (to combine several versions into one file) · ca fusionar ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · nl fusioneren ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · fi yhdistää ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · pt unir-se ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · ta சேர் ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · hu fuzionál ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · fr faire un merge (to combine several versions into one file) · fi sulautua ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · ru мёржить (to combine several versions into one file) · hu összefűz ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · mi whakahanumi (to blend gradually into something else) · fr amalgamer ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · bg съединявам се ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · fi fuusioida ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · vi hợp nhất ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · eo kunfandiĝi ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · pt convergir ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · nl samengaan ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · nl fuseren ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · it unirsi ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · es mergear (to combine several versions into one file) · nl samenvloeien ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · ja 合併する ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · vi kết hợp ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · fr fusionner ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · mnc ᡴᠠᠮᠴᡳᠪᡠᠮᠪᡳ ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · it mergiare (to combine several versions into one file) · bg обединявам се ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · ca combinar (to combine several versions into one file) · nl samengroeien ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · fi sulautua (to blend gradually into something else) · tr birleştirmek ((transitive) to combine into a whole) · mi hanumi ((intransitive) to combine into a whole) · ru объединя́ться ((intransitive) to combine into a whole)