merge
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- Synonyms:
- consolidate, amalgamate
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to combine, blend, or unite gradually so as to blur the individuality or individual identity of.
They voted to merge the two branch offices into a single unit.
- Synonyms:
- consolidate, amalgamate
verb (used without object)
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to become combined, united, swallowed up, or absorbed; lose identity by uniting or blending (often followed by in orinto ).
This stream merges into the river up ahead.
- Synonyms:
- consolidate, amalgamate
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to combine or unite into a single enterprise, organization, body, etc..
The two firms merged last year.
verb
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to meet and join or cause to meet and join
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to blend or cause to blend; fuse
Other Word Forms
- antimerging adjective
- demerge verb (used with object)
- mergence noun
- remerge verb
- unmerge verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of merge
First recorded in 1630–40, merge is from the Latin word mergere to dip, immerse, plunge into water
Example Sentences
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At the same time, Blue Owl attempted to merge one of its older semiliquid BDCs, Blue Owl Capital Corporation II, with a publicly listed BDC.
In genteel phrasing, Ancora also alludes to the fact that Paramount would itself remain woefully undersized if it doesn’t merge with Warner.
Five years later, Jackson was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and had to step down as leader of Rainbow/PUSH, the merged organisation of his two earlier groups.
From BBC
In a college production of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons,” Duvall so deeply merged into the character of a ruthless businessman haunted by a bad decision that he found himself crying.
From Los Angeles Times
The county alleges that American Industrial Partners saw an opportunity in merging independent firetruck companies that competed against one another “into an industry giant with the power to extract high prices.”
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