converge

verb

con·​verge kən-ˈvərj How to pronounce converge (audio)
converged; converging

intransitive verb

1
: to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
converging paths
Police cars converged on the accident scene.
2
: to come together and unite in a common interest or focus
Economic forces converged to bring the country out of the recession.
3
: to approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
the series converges

transitive verb

: to cause to converge

Examples of converge in a Sentence

The two roads converge in the center of town. Students converged in the parking lot to say goodbye after graduation. Economic forces converged to bring the country out of a recession. Many companies are combining rapidly converging communication technology into one device that can act as a phone, take photographs, and send e-mail.
Recent Examples on the Web Next week, representatives from nearly 200 countries will converge in Dubai as part of a United Nations climate summit known as COP28. Brad Plumer, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023 Earlier Saturday, thousands of Israelis converged on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem to demand an immediate solution to the hostage crisis. Loay Ayyoub, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023 Couples converge, turn away, and re-embrace aboard a jungle Love Boat (captained by a genial man in a white uniform and nautical cap). Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023 These parallel experiences converge in a sensorial examination of Los Angeles built from a lyrically edited barrage of moments. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023 Indeed, the craft traditions converge with contemporary design so beautifully, that even big fashion players like Christian Dior have turned to Le Costantine for artisanal production. Sebastian Cabrices, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2023 Its troops have converged on the facility, which Israel contends holds a major Hamas command bunker underneath the complex, a claim Hamas has denied. WSJ, 11 Nov. 2023 Seated on the stage were Yo-Yo Ma, the celebrated cellist, and Liza Donnelly, the New Yorker cartoonist, who had been paired for the evening by the moderator, Guy Ben-Aharon, to explore how their creative lives might converge. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023 In the last few years, a slew of ideas old and new have converged to reveal a path out of this morass, but they haven’t been widely recognized, combined, or used. Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023 See More

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Word History

Etymology

Late Latin convergere, from Latin com- + vergere to bend, incline — more at wrench

First Known Use

1691, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of converge was in 1691

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Cite this Entry

“Converge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/converge. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.

Kids Definition

converge

verb
con·​verge kən-ˈvərj How to pronounce converge (audio)
converged; converging
1
: to tend or move toward one point or one another
2
: to come together and unite in a common interest

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