Meanings
present singular third person converges · participle present converging · participle past converged · past converged
- intransitive(said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer; to become a unified whole; to come to share a similarity.
ideas converge
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All of his books converge on the same outline.
The mountains converge into a single ridge.
1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of VirginiaBetween them, and fitted with the necessary turntables, capstans, and other appliances for transferring the small four-wheel carriages and vans from one track to another, were 14 tracks which converged outside the station into double-track through the Maiden Lane Tunnel, 528 yd. in length.
1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650I am walking down a snowy street in Brookline. Three men and I converge at a front door, introduce ourselves, and shake hands.
1988 February 7, Marea Murray, “Battles Joined: Oddysey of a Lesbian AIDS Activist”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 8 - transitiveTo cause to converge; to bring together.
Microsoft Windows 98 software installer By converging real-time 2-D and 3-D graphics, digital video and audio, and the Internet, Windows 98 redefines the role of the computer as an entertainment platform.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbapproach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinconvergere
- Englishconverge
From Latin convergere, from con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian събирам се, приближавам се
- събирам се (săbiram se)to approach each other
- приближавам се (približavam se)to approach each other
- сливам се (slivam se)to approach each other
- схождам се (shoždam se)to have a limit
Catalan convergir, convergir
- convergirto approach each other
- convergirto have a limit
Chinese Mandarin 收斂 /收敛
- 收斂 /收敛 (shōuliǎn)to have a limit
Czech konvergovat, sbližovat
- konvergovatto approach each other
- sbližovatto approach each other
- sblížitto approach each other
- konvergovatto have a limit
Dutch samenkomen
- samenkomento approach each other
Esperanto konverĝi
- konverĝito approach each other
Finnish lähentyä, konvergoitua
- lähentyäto approach each other
- konvergoituato approach each other
- supetato have a limit
French converger, converger
- convergerto approach each other
- convergerto have a limit
German konvergieren, zusammenstreben
- konvergierento approach each other
- zusammenstrebento approach each other
- zusammenlaufento approach each other
- zusammengehento approach each other
- konvergierento have a limit
Greek συγκλίνω
- συγκλίνω (sygklíno)to approach each other
Hungarian közeledik egymáshoz, egyfelé / egy irányba tart
- közeledik egymáshozto approach each other
- egyfelé / egy irányba tartto approach each other
- összefutto approach each other
- összetartto approach each other
- egybetorkollikto approach each other
- konvergálto have a limit
- tartto have a limit
Italian convergere, incontrarsi
- convergereto approach each other
- incontrarsito approach each other
- convergereto have a limit
Māori ūngutu
- ūngututo approach each other
Persian همگرایستن, همگراییدن
- همگرایستن (hamgerâyestan)to approach each other
- همگراییدن (hamgerâyidan)to approach each other
- همگراشدن (hamgerâšodan)to approach each other
Polish schodzić się, zejść się
- schodzić sięto approach each other
- zejść sięto approach each other
- zbiegaćto have a limit
- zbiecto have a limit
Portuguese convergir, convergir
- convergirto approach each other
- convergirto have a limit
Russian приближа́ться, прибли́зиться
- приближа́ться (približátʹsja)to approach each other
- прибли́зиться (priblízitʹsja)to approach each other
- сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja)to approach each other
- сойти́сь (sojtísʹ)to approach each other
Spanish converger, parecerse
- convergerto approach each other
- parecerseto approach each other
- convergerto have a limit
- acotarto have a limit
Swedish konvergera
- konvergerato have a limit
Ukrainian сходитися, наближатися
- сходитися (sxodytysja)to approach each other
- наближатися (nablyžatysja)to have a limit
- збігатися (zbihatysja)to have a limit
Yiddish צונויפֿקומען
- צונויפֿקומען (tsunoyfkumen)to approach each other
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
converge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/converge
“converge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/converge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “converge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/converge.
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