converge
/kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/ verb
Forms converges converging converged
- verb (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”
- verb (intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
- verb (intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
- verb (transitive) To cause to converge; to bring together.
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Etymology
From Latin convergere, from con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.
- verb To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together.
Etymology [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn, incline; cf. F. converger. See Verge, v. i.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “converge”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details