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CONVERGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come together so as to form a single product

Example:

Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "converge" is one way to...):

merge; unify; unite (become one)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

convergent (tending to come together from different directions)

converging (the act of converging (coming closer))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move or draw together at a certain location

Example:

The crowd converged on the movie star

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "converge" is one way to...):

assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "converge"):

concentrate (draw together or meet in one common center)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

diverge (move or draw apart)

Derivation:

convergence (the act of converging (coming closer))

convergence (the occurrence of two or more things coming together)

convergency (the act of converging (coming closer))

convergent (tending to come together from different directions)

converging (the act of converging (coming closer))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be adjacent or come together

Example:

The lines converge at this point

Synonyms:

converge; meet

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Verb group:

adjoin; contact; meet; touch (be in direct physical contact with; make contact)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "converge"):

breast (meet at breast level)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Antonym:

diverge (have no limits as a mathematical series)

diverge (extend in a different direction)

Derivation:

converging (the act of converging (coming closer))

convergent (tending to come together from different directions)

convergency (the act of converging (coming closer))

convergence (the occurrence of two or more things coming together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "converge" is one way to...):

approach; border on (come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

diverge (have no limits as a mathematical series)

Derivation:

convergence; convergency (the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Our courses were converging like the sides of an angle, the vertex of which was at the edge of the fog-bank.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

They found that alcohol and CBs converge on the Sonic Hedgehog pathway to inhibit signaling between molecules in cells that control growth and development in the embryo.

(Using both marijuana and alcohol during early pregnancy may increase the likelihood of disrupting fetal development, National Institutes of Health)

Winds and converging ocean currents funnel the garbage into a central location, said the study's lead author, Laurent Lebreton of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation, a nonprofit organization that spearheaded the research.

(Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds, VOA)

Many of the identified variations converged around pathways with suspected ties to schizophrenia.

(Over 100 Genetic Sites Tied to Schizophrenia, NIH)

A solid with a shape bounded by a circular base converging upon a single vertex.

(Cone Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

The inferior portion of the urinary bladder which is formed as the walls of the bladder converge and become contiguous with the proximal urethra.

(Bladder Neck, NCI Thesaurus)

A solid bounded by a circular base converging upon a single vertex and intended for administration to the teeth and gingiva in the oral cavity.

(Dental Cone Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

The Mariana Trench is where the western Pacific Ocean plate slides beneath the Mariana Plate and sinks deep into the Earth's mantle as the plates slowly converge.

(Seismic study reveals huge amount of water dragged into Earth’s interior, National Science Foundation)

The researchers traced the path of ipRGC signals through rat optic nerves, where they later converged on brain cells that transmit pain.

(How Light Boosts Migraine Pain, NIH, US)

From the distant camp of Dax, too, and from Blaye, Bourge, Libourne, St. Emilion, Castillon, St. Macaire, Cardillac, Ryons, and all the cluster of flourishing towns which look upon Bordeaux as their mother, there thronged an unceasing stream of horsemen and of footmen, all converging upon the great city.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)