Meanings
verbmerge (third-person singular simple present merges, present participle merging, simple past and past participle merged)
present singular third person merges · participle present merging · participle past merged · past merged
- intransitivetransitiveTo combine into a whole.
The two companies merged.
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Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
to merge all natural and all social sentiment in inordinate vanity
1791, Edmund Burke, letter to a member of the National AssemblyWhig and Tory were merged and swallowed up in the transcendent duties of patriots—Englishmen—lovers of liberty.
1835 January, [Thomas De Quincey], “Samuel Taylor Coleridge. By the English Opium-eater. […]”, in William Tait, editor, Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume II, number XIII, Edinburgh: William Tait […], →OCLC, page 8, column 1Synonyms: agglomerate, aggregate, incorporate, cumulate, alloy, amalgamate, blend, coalesce · Antonyms: divide, split
- intransitivetransitivecomputingTo combine two or more versions of a file into one file, especially using a version control system.
- To blend gradually into something else.
The lanes of traffic merged.
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The sky and sea seem to merge at the horizon.
nounmerge (plural merges)
plural merges
- The joining together of multiple sources.
The merge of the two documents failed.
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There are often accidents at that traffic merge.
- human sciencesWithin the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo combine into a whole.
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More synonyms by meaning
verbmix together different elements
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change integrity
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Origin
- Latinmergō“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”
- Englishmerge
Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دَمَجَ
- دَمَجَ (damaja)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
Bulgarian обединявам, сливам се
- обединявам (obedinjavam)(transitive) to combine into a whole
- сливам се (slivam se)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- съединявам се (săedinjavam se)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- обединявам се (obedinjavam se)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- обединяване (obedinjavane)joining of multiple sources
Catalan fusionar, fusionar
- fusionar(transitive) to combine into a whole
- fusionar(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- combinarto combine several versions into one file
- transformarto blend gradually into something else
- combinaciójoining of multiple sources
Chinese 合并
- 合并 (hébìng)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
Czech sloučit, sloučit
- sloučit(transitive) to combine into a whole
- sloučitjoining of multiple sources
- slučovatjoining of multiple sources
Danish forene, fusionere, forene, fusionere
- forene, fusionere(transitive) to combine into a whole
- forene, fusionere(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- sammenfletningjoining of multiple sources
Dutch samenvoegen, fuseren
- samenvoegen(transitive) to combine into a whole
- fuseren(transitive) to combine into a whole
- fusioneren(transitive) to combine into a whole
- samenkomen(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- samenvloeien(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- fusioneren(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- samengaan(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- samengroeien(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- samenvloeiento blend gradually into something else
- overgaan into blend gradually into something else
- samenvloeiingjoining of multiple sources
- kruisingjoining of multiple sources
Esperanto kunfandiĝi
- kunfandiĝi(intransitive) to combine into a whole
Finnish yhdistää, fuusioida
- yhdistää(transitive) to combine into a whole
- fuusioida(transitive) to combine into a whole
- sulauttaa(transitive) to combine into a whole
- liittää yhteen(transitive) to combine into a whole
- liittyä yhteen(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- yhdistyä(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- sulautua(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- fuusioitua(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- sekoittuato blend gradually into something else
- sulautuato blend gradually into something else
- yhtyäto blend gradually into something else
French fusionner, amalgamer
- fusionner(transitive) to combine into a whole
- amalgamer(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- fusionner(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- fusionnerto combine several versions into one file
- faire un mergeto combine several versions into one file
- fusionnerlinguistics: syntactic operation
- combinerlinguistics: syntactic operation
German zusammenlegen, zusammenfügen
- zusammenlegen(transitive) to combine into a whole
- zusammenfügen(transitive) to combine into a whole
- zusammenführen(transitive) to combine into a whole
- vereinen(transitive) to combine into a whole
- fusionieren(transitive) to combine into a whole
- verschmelzen(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- zusammenkommen(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- sich vereinen(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- sich zusammenschließen(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- zusammenkommento blend gradually into something else
Greek συγχωνεύω, συγχωνεύομαι
- συγχωνεύω (synchonévo)(transitive) to combine into a whole
- συγχωνεύομαι (synchonévomai)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
Hebrew מיזג, מירג׳ג׳
- מיזגto combine several versions into one file
- מירג׳ג׳ (mirǧéǧ)to combine several versions into one file
Hungarian egyesít, egybeolvaszt
- egyesít(transitive) to combine into a whole
- egybeolvaszt(transitive) to combine into a whole
- összefűz(transitive) to combine into a whole
- vegyít(transitive) to combine into a whole
- egyesül(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- egybeolvad(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- összeolvad(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- fuzionál(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- beleolvadto blend gradually into something else
Italian fondersi, unirsi
- fondersi(transitive) to combine into a whole
- unirsi(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- mergiareto combine several versions into one file
Japanese 合わせる, 合併する
- 合わせる (awaseru)(transitive) to combine into a whole
- 合併する (gappei suru)(transitive) to combine into a whole
Korean 합하다
- 합하다 (haphada)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
Māori whakahanumi, hanumi
- whakahanumi(transitive) to combine into a whole
- hanumi(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- whakahanumito blend gradually into something else
Polish łączyć, połączyć
- łączyć(transitive) to combine into a whole
- połączyć(transitive) to combine into a whole
- łączyć się(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- połączyć się(intransitive) to combine into a whole
Portuguese unir, convergir
- unir(transitive) to combine into a whole
- convergir(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- unir-se(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- juntar-se(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- conectarlinguistics: syntactic operation
Romanian combina, se combina
- combina(transitive) to combine into a whole
- se combina(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- se îmbinato blend gradually into something else
- combinarejoining of multiple sources
Russian объедини́ть, слить
- объедини́ть (obʺjedinítʹ)(transitive) to combine into a whole
- слить (slitʹ)(transitive) to combine into a whole
- объединя́ться (obʺjedinjátʹsja)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- слива́ться (slivátʹsja)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- мёржить (mjóržitʹ)to combine several versions into one file
- смёржить (smjóržitʹ)to combine several versions into one file
- слия́ние (slijánije)joining of multiple sources
Slovak zlúčiť, zlučovať
- zlúčiťjoining of multiple sources
- zlučovaťjoining of multiple sources
Spanish mergear, horcajo
- mergearto combine several versions into one file
- horcajojoining of multiple sources
- confluenciajoining of multiple sources
- ensamblelinguistics: syntactic operation
- fusiónlinguistics: syntactic operation
Swedish slå ihop, fusionera
- slå ihop(transitive) to combine into a whole
- fusionera(transitive) to combine into a whole
- förena(transitive) to combine into a whole
- sammansmälta(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- gå ihop(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- fusionera(intransitive) to combine into a whole
Tamil இணை, சேர்
- இணை (iṇai)(transitive) to combine into a whole
- சேர் (cēr)(transitive) to combine into a whole
- இணை (iṇai)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- சேர் (cēr)(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- கல (kala)to blend gradually into something else
- சேர்ப்பு (cērppu)joining of multiple sources
- கலப்பு (kalappu)joining of multiple sources
Turkish birleştirmek, birleşmek
- birleştirmek(transitive) to combine into a whole
- birleşmek(intransitive) to combine into a whole
- karışmakto blend gradually into something else
Vietnamese kết hợp, hợp nhất
- kết hợp(transitive) to combine into a whole
- hợp nhất(transitive) to combine into a whole
- hòa hợp(transitive) to combine into a whole
- hoà hợp(transitive) to combine into a whole
- gộp(transitive) to combine into a whole
- hòa trộnto combine several versions into one file
- hoà trộnto combine several versions into one file
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with merge
surgeurgeemergevergepurgeconvergesergescourgedirgedivergesplurgespurgesubmergeglurgeabstergeaspergegurgesperge
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“merge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merge. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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