merge

[ murj ]

/ mɜrdʒ /

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verb (used with object), merged, merg·ing.

to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.

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.

verb (used without object), merged, merg·ing.

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.

to combine or unite into a single enterprise, organization, body, etc.: The two firms merged last year.

OTHER WORDS FOR merge

1-3 amalgamate, consolidate.

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Origin of merge

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

OTHER WORDS FROM merge

mergence, nounan·ti·merg·ing, adjectivede·merge, verb (used with object), de·merged, de·merg·ing.re·merge, verb, re·merged, re·merg·ing.

un·merge, verb (used with object), un·merged, un·merg·ing.

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How to use merge in a sentence

So, then we need to take this sales data and merge it up with the advertising data that is also collected by Nielsen.
Does Advertising Actually Work? (Part 1: TV) (Ep. 440)|Stephen J. Dubner|November 19, 2020|Freakonomics
We asked some of the same questions, and a lightly edited transcript, merging the interviews, is below.
The Trailer: The 10 crucial counties, revisited|David Weigel|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
In April and May alone, at least 30 papers closed or merged, dozens went online-only and thousands of journalists were furloughed or laid off.
Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week.|Reis Thebault|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
They’ll keep up with roadies on an easy group ride, tackle mixed terrain with aplomb, and perform sufficiently on moderate trails, merging culture and components from the worlds of road riding and mountain biking.
The Specialized Diverge Is a Gravel Bike for All|Andy Cochrane|November 8, 2020|Outside Online

That year WarnerMedia merged CNN’s and Great Big Story’s sales teams.
‘Two very, very different companies’: Why CNN’s Great Big Story failed to survive|Tim Peterson|November 2, 2020|Digiday
Self-mergence is a gradual process, dependent on a progressive unlimiting of personality.
Practical Mysticism|Evelyn Underhill
He had not found any insuperable obstacle to mergence of human with Divine.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
When the moment of complete mergence seemed to have arrived he lifted the pot off the fire and placed it between us.
By Desert Ways to Baghdad|Louisa Jebb
It has forgotten the everlasting lesson of history that mergence of distinct types means the perpetuation of nationalism.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917|Various
Thus active self-mergence, incessant re-birth into God, perpetual eager feeding on Him, is implicit in all spiritual life.
Ruysbroeck|Evelyn Underhill

British Dictionary definitions for merge

merge

/ (mɜːdʒ) /

verb

to meet and join or cause to meet and join

to blend or cause to blend; fuse

Derived forms of merge

mergence, noun

Word Origin for merge

C17: from Latin mergere to plunge

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