merge

[ murj ]

verb (used with object)

, merged, merg·ing.

1. to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.

   Synonyms: consolidate, amalgamate

2. 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)

, merged, merg·ing.

1. to become combined, united, swallowed up, or absorbed; lose identity by uniting or blending (often followed by in or into ):

   This stream merges into the river up ahead.

   Synonyms: consolidate, amalgamate

2. to combine or unite into a single enterprise, organization, body, etc.:

   The two firms merged last year.

merge

/ mɜːdʒ /

verb

1. to meet and join or cause to meet and join
2. to blend or cause to blend; fuse

Derived Forms

• ˈmergence, noun

Other Words From

• mergence noun
• anti·merging adjective
• de·merge verb (used with object) demerged demerging
• re·merge verb remerged remerging
• un·merge verb (used with object) unmerged unmerging

Word History and Origins

Origin of merge¹

First recorded in 1630–40, merge is from the Latin word mergere to dip, immerse, plunge into water

Word History and Origins

Origin of merge¹

C17: from Latin mergere to plunge

Example Sentences

Electric car companies Arrival, Canoo, ChargePoint, Fisker, Lordstown Motors, Proterra and The Lion Electric Company are some of the companies that have merged with SPACs — or announced plans to — in the past year.

From TechCrunch

Whether Neuralink will eventually merge brains and Teslas is beside the point.

From Science News

The origin is somewhat unclear, but it came shortly after the established National Football League merged with the upstart American Football League in 1966.

From Washington Post

Florida SB 48 aims to merge and expand the multiple voucher programs that already exist into two programs.

From Washington Post

The bill would also put the onus on merging companies to prove that they don’t pose a risk of reducing competition, taking that burden off of the government in specific cases.

From TechCrunch

It is his ability to merge moral sentiment, theological passion, and policy prescription that lights the fire of his rhetoric.

From The Daily Beast

So there we have it: as smaller galaxies merge, so do their black holes.

From The Daily Beast

The individual components merge with each other, creating news forms and images.

From The Daily Beast

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.

From The Daily Beast

In a poll conducted last month by KIIS, only 41 percent of Crimeans wanted to merge with Russia.

From The Daily Beast

Yet out of the whole discussion of the matter some few things begin to merge into the clearness of certain day.

From Project Gutenberg

Whenever the political parties of a country merge their differences of opinion in one common cause, the end may be foreseen.

From Project Gutenberg

They went reluctantly inside, to merge with the darkness of the interior.

From Project Gutenberg

There it narrowed abruptly, to merge into the sheer wall of the canyon.

From Project Gutenberg

The many societies of Earth began to merge into a single superstate.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• absorb
• blend
• combine
• consolidate
• fuse
• incorporate
• join
• meld
• unite