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converge

verb

kən-ˈvərj How to pronounce converge (audio)
Definition of convergenext
as in to meet
to come together into one body or place hungry students converged on the cafeteria almost as soon as the class bell rang

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Recent Examples of converge The four engines in the study did not converge on the same answers. — Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Both Young and McLean, the Mets' starting pitcher, converged to field the ball. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 The Lions’ troubles began on the Bills’ second drive when two defenders converged on DJ Moore in the flats, allowing Allen to find Palmer wide open deep for a 43-yard touchdowns. — John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2026 The story brings together Abraham, Pandor, Zakaria and Gidwani in a plot where memory and reality steadily converge. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for converge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converge
  1. meet
  2. gather
  3. assemble
  4. rendezvous
  5. convene
  6. congregate
Verb
  • By combining aluminum’s low weight with a pre-applied coating, the company is targeting a way to make battery components easier to manufacture while meeting durability and insulation requirements.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Apple describes it as an app for discovering local events, RSVPing and meeting new people.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of meet
Verb
  • Hours after the tragedy occurred, dozens of community members and teenagers gathered in Manhattan’s East Village at the intersection of East 14th Street and First Avenue to pay tribute to Serkov.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • About 60 present and past members of the Aurora Lamplighter Chorus and Elgin’s Fox Valley Harmonizers gathered in August to celebrate each group’s 80th anniversary.
    — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of gather
Verb
  • So So Fed opened for Sunday dinner — and nobody had assembled the siu mai dumplings.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Muck Rack notes that PR and communications can influence generative engine optimization because AI systems draw on authoritative third-party sources when assembling answers.
    — Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of assemble
Verb
  • This altitude shift allowed the space station to shift into a position that will allow Progress 96, the 96th cargo mission in a series of Russian Progress cargo missions, to rendezvous and dock with the station.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • According to Treasury, fishing vessels secretly rendezvoused at sea with smaller go-fast boats carrying cocaine north through the eastern Pacific.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of rendezvous
Verb
  • Those warnings continued even as the FOMC convened Wednesday.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Democrats, meanwhile, are pressing for a more robust response, convening in private on Tuesday in the House to discuss AI.
    — STEVEN SLOAN, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of convene
Verb
  • Before Saturday’s show, a group of about 50 pro-Palestinian demonstrators congregated outside the stadium.
    — Tassanee Vejpongsa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Just two years later, in 1928, The New York Times reported that thousands of ex-Neapolitans were congregating for a festival that had already extended from one day to a full week.
    — Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of congregate

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“Converge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converge. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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