converge
verb/kənˈvɜːdʒ/
/kənˈvɜːrdʒ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they converge | /kənˈvɜːdʒ/ /kənˈvɜːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it converges | /kənˈvɜːdʒɪz/ /kənˈvɜːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple converged | /kənˈvɜːdʒd/ /kənˈvɜːrdʒd/ |
| past participle converged | /kənˈvɜːdʒd/ /kənˈvɜːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form converging | /kənˈvɜːdʒɪŋ/ /kənˈvɜːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] converge (on…) (of people or vehicles) to move towards a place from different directions and meet
- Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally.
Extra Examples- The animals usually converge around the waterhole in the mornings.
- The players converge from distant villages for the festival.
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- [intransitive] (of two or more lines, paths, etc.) to move towards each other and meet at a point
- There was a signpost where the two paths converged.
- [intransitive] if ideas, policies, aims, etc. converge, they become very similar or the same
- The aims of the two developments can and should converge.
opposite diverge
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from late Latin convergere, from con- ‘together’ + Latin vergere ‘incline’.
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