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- Dictionaryconverge/kənˈvəːdʒ/
verb
- 1. (of lines) tend to meet at a point: "a pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a series) approximate in the sum of its terms towards a definite limit: "the powers of"
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CONVERGE definition: 1. If lines, roads, or paths converge, they move towards the same point where they join or meet…. Learn more.
to come from other places to meet in a particular place: converge on Ambulances, police cars, and fire engines all converged on the scene. 100,000 people are expected to converge on the town for the festival. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Connecting and combining. abut. additive. adjoin. affix something to something. agglomerate.
1. : to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet. converging paths. Police cars converged on the accident scene. 2. : to come together and unite in a common interest or focus. Economic forces converged to bring the country out of the recession. 3. : to approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit.
to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel. Synonyms: focus, approach. to tend to a common result, conclusion, etc. Mathematics. (of a sequence) to have values eventually arbitrarily close to some number; to have a finite limit.
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.”
CONVERGE definition: 1. If lines, roads, or rivers converge, they meet at a particular point. 2. to move towards a…. Learn more.
[intransitive] (of two or more lines, paths, etc.) to move towards each other and meet at a point. There was a signpost where the two paths converged. [intransitive] if ideas, policies, aims, etc. converge, they become very similar or the same. The aims of the two developments can and should converge. opposite diverge. Word Origin.
1. to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel. 2. to tend toward a common result or conclusion.
If people or vehicles converge on a place, they move towards it from different directions. Competitors from more than a hundred countries have converged on Sheffield for the Games. [ VERB + on ]
1. If people or vehicles converge on a place, they move towards it from different directions. [...] 2. If roads or lines converge, they meet or join at a particular place. [formal] [...] 3. If different ideas or societies converge, they stop being different and become similar to each other. [...] More. Conjugations of 'converge'
