converge
Americanverb (used without object)
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converges,
present (3rd person singular)
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converged,
past participle, past
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converging
present participle
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to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
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to tend to a common result, conclusion, etc.
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Mathematics.
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(of a sequence) to have values eventually arbitrarily close to some number; to have a finite limit.
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(of an infinite series) to have a finite sum; to have a sequence of partial sums that converges.
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(of an improper integral) to have a finite value.
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(of a net) to be residually in every neighborhood of some point.
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verb (used with object)
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converges,
present (3rd person singular)
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converged,
past participle, past
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converging
present participle
verb
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to move or cause to move towards the same point
crowds converged on the city
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to meet or cause to meet; join
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(intr) (of opinions, effects, etc) to tend towards a common conclusion or result
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(intr) maths (of an infinite series or sequence) to approach a finite limit as the number of terms increases
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(intr) (of animals and plants during evolutionary development) to undergo convergence
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To tend toward or approach an intersecting point.
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In calculus, to approach a limit.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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reconvergeverb (used without object)
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nonconvergingadjective
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unconvergedadjective
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unconvergingadjective
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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convergesimple
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convergessimple
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have convergedperfect
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has convergedperfect
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am convergingprogressive
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are convergingprogressive
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is convergingprogressive
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have been convergingperfect progressive
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has been convergingperfect progressive
Past
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convergedsimple
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had convergedperfect
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was convergingprogressive
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were convergingprogressive
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had been convergingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of converge
First recorded in 1685–95, converge is from the Late Latin word convergere to incline together. See con-, verge 2
Explanation
Use the verb converge to describe something that comes together at a common point: “Thousands of Elvis fans plan to converge on the small Arkansas town where unconfirmed sightings of the deceased superstar eating at a local barbeque restaurant had been widely reported.” Two roads, a roomful of politicians, or a group of rabid fans — when things come together from different points they converge. Converge traces back to the Latin word vergere, meaning “to bend or to turn." The prefix con- means "with," a good way to remember that things that converge come together. Don't confuse it with diverge, which means the opposite: "move away," because the prefix “dis-” means “apart.”
Vocabulary lists containing converge
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The bills differ in detail but converge on one principle: data centers pay their own costs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
A rosy 2024 report projected the World Cup could bring more than $800 million to the L.A. region as 180,000 people converge on the area to sleep, eat and spend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
The diagnoses converge on one action but scatter on a good deal that matters after that, including what triggers a hike, how many more follow and where the Fed stops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
"These interests converge around xenophobic civil unrest," co-founder Kyle Findlay said at a Johannesburg event against hate speech this week.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
If the terms go to zero too slowly, then the sum of the terms doesn’t converge to a finite number.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Wall Street’s real-time scenario analysis broadly converges on three outcomes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
The entire cycle converges in her final 20 minute-long aria, a task that demands the endurance of a cross-country skier and the precision of a sharpshooting biathlete.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Still, the case gives him purpose, and once his path converges with Robbie’s, he recognizes him as a fellow blind driver on a crash course, grasping for direction.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025
When that moisture moves over land or converges into a storm, it leads to more intense rain.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024
This large pinnate muscle converges, passes through the foramen triosseum, and inserts by a tendon on the external tuberosity of the humerus, immediately proximal to the insertion of M. pectoralis thoracica.
From Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae by Marion Anne Jenkinson
County sheriff’s deputies converged on the scene and were visible amid a desert landscape and some ramshackle buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“While Charter is continuing to push converged service penetration and has improved video performance, broadband performance has not followed and continues to experience headwinds,” Rollins wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Immediately after turnovers, given England's riskier play, Bellingham and many of the forwards, converged around the ball, counter-pressing effectively - a common trend across the Three Lions' three games so far.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
This is why the reaction to the New York primaries so quickly converged on the courts.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
For a moment, as the Blue Springs defenders converged, Bien looked as though he would pass it back to Qendrim, who was now unmarked.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
Nicolas Winding Refn directs this inscrutable yet mesmerizing thriller that follows the converging stories of an actress, an American G.I., and a mysterious murderer called the Leather Man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He sets the scene of the media converging on him after getting off the plane.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Yet as the fields of neuroscience and AI progress, both are converging on the same lesson: when making judgement about whether something is consciousness, how it works is proving more informative than what it does.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
Now, experts say this aging infrastructure is converging with population growth and regulatory rollbacks that are increasing the likelihood that similar incidents will happen again.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
The peephole was a collection of circles getting smaller and smaller, converging on a dark round circle in the middle.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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