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converge

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See also: convergé

English

Etymology

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

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Verb

converge (third-person singular simple present converges, present participle converging, simple past and past participle converged)

  1. (intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.
    ideas converge
    • 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
      The mountains converge into a single ridge.
    • 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:
      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.
    • 1988 February 7, Marea Murray, “Battles Joined: Oddysey of a Lesbian AIDS Activist”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 8:
      I am walking down a snowy street in Brookline. Three men and I converge at a front door, introduce ourselves, and shake hands.
  2. (intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
  3. (intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

converge

  1. inflection of converger:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈvɛr.d͡ʒe/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrdʒe
  • Hyphenation: con‧vèr‧ge

Verb

converge

  1. third-person singular present indicative of convergere

Latin

Verb

converge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of convergō

Portuguese

Verb

converge

  1. inflection of convergir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French converger, from Latin convergere.

Verb

a converge (third-person singular present converge, past participle convers, third-person subjunctive conveargă) 3rd conjugation

  1. to converge

Conjugation

    conjugation of converge (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
More information infinitive, gerund ...
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Spanish

Verb

converge

  1. inflection of converger:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of convergir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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