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.”
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While they would have disagreements, they would converge on expanding executive, if not federal, power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
San Clemente’s challenges demonstrate what more of California will probably face as the twin dangers of fire and coastal erosion converge this winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Naila, a 17-year-old student in the city of Rennes who said she would participate in Tuesday's demonstration, hoped it would "converge" with the wider one on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Around him, three Brighton players converge on the ball.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Considerations of conflict resolution, decision making, economics, and space thus converge in requiring large societies to be centralized.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
“If learning flows in only one direction,” he writes, “economic value converges toward the owners of the learning infrastructure rather than the creators of the knowledge itself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Wall Street’s real-time scenario analysis broadly converges on three outcomes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
The whole floor comes together and a familiar community converges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
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
That view converges, as I may say, on the holidays.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 by Various
In the past week, various negative factors converged to make investors even more nervous about a tech sector so highly tied to unyielding artificial-intelligence spending.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The inquest heard two groups of soldiers had converged on a target and 2nd Lt George was ordered to leave the Warrior through a rear door and take command on the ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
It estimates that AI media companies with $2 billion in backing have converged on the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Both converged last month on Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old researcher who quit Anthropic warning that AI companies were "gambling with our lives."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Students walked across the Queen Street Bridge to downtown Hampton and converged on the lunch counters at Woolworth’s and Wornom’s, the local drug store.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Demonstrators are due to set off from several locations around the city at noon before converging on Plaza de Cibeles in central Madrid.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
So the Davidson window and the Dario window are converging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
This is converging with concerns about youth mental health, the outsourcing of thinking to artificial intelligence, and the proliferation of social media and smartphones impacting attention spans and self-esteem.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Another resident, Pete Book, said he had been walking home from the pub when he saw ambulances, coastguard crews and helicopters converging on the area.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Streams of people are converging to form a river that flows only downward.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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