converge
Americanverb (used without object)
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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)
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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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
That imbalance will be corrected and the two measures will converge.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 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
By playing into these areas, Panama would converge on the ball, in turn opening up space out wide.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Lee was telling Pickett how to maneuver his troops sideways when he reached the road so that they would converge on that clump of trees toward the center.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Indeed, O’Neill’s past in the Silicon Valley tech scene converges with his chief scientific interest: extending human lifespan.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
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
Rain Update: Sun night-Wed is looking wetter for the northern areas as guidance converges on a solution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2024
Just now the274 whole world with me converges to that one point.
From The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist by Bell, Robert E.
“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
This is why the reaction to the New York primaries so quickly converged on the courts.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
French-American land forces converged on an entrenched British army in southeastern Virginia, as a French fleet swatted away a royal navy relief squadron and sealed off the Chesapeake Bay escape route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In one project, she and fellow researchers interviewed women a year after cash-transfer schemes were introduced in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka - states where major parties had increasingly converged around unconditional transfers.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Two weeks into his work at Grand Coulee, Joe discovered that among the many college boys who had converged on Grand Coulee seeking work that summer there were two from the Washington shell house.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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
If and when Tesla and SpaceX merge is hard to say, but the paths of both companies are converging.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
When Villa played those riskier passes, Spurs' attackers immediately turned and pressed backwards, converging around the player in possession and increasing the chances of a turnover.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Around him, the trails of fire were converging, moments from blocking his path to the stairs.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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