converge

See also: convergé

English

Etymology

From Latin convergere, from con- (“together”) +‎ vergere (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Verb

converge (third-person singular simple present converges, present participle converging, simple past and past participle converged)

1. (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

   All of his books converge on the same outline.

   • 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:

     The mountains converge into a single ridge.

   • 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:

     Between 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.

   • 1988 February 7, Marea Murray, “Battles Joined: Oddysey of a Lesbian AIDS Activist”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 8:

     I am walking down a snowy street in Brookline. Three men and I converge at a front door, introduce ourselves, and shake hands.

2. (intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
3. (intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
4. (transitive) To 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.

Antonyms

• diverge

Derived terms

• convergence
• hyperconverged
• unconverged

Derived terms

• convergement
• convergence
• convergent
• converger
• deconvergence
• equiconvergence
• misconverge
• misconvergence
• postconvergence
• reconverge
• semiconvergence

Related terms

• divergence

Translations

to approach each other

• Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se), приближавам се (približavam se), сливам се (slivam se)
• Catalan: convergir (ca)
• Czech: konvergovat impf, sbližovat impf, sblížit pf
• Dutch: samenkomen (nl)
• Esperanto: konverĝi
• Finnish: lähentyä (fi), konvergoitua
• French: converger (fr)
• German: konvergieren (de), zusammenstreben, zusammenlaufen (de), zusammengehen (de)
• Greek: συγκλίνω (el) (sygklíno)
• Hungarian: közeledik egymáshoz, egyfelé / egy irányba tart, összefut (hu), összetart (hu), egybetorkollik
• Italian: convergere (it), incontrarsi (it)
• Māori: ūngutu
• Persian: همگرایستن (hamgerâyestan), همگراییدن (hamgerâyidan), همگراشدن (fa) (hamgerâšodan)
• Polish: schodzić się impf, zejść się pf
• Portuguese: convergir (pt)
• Russian: приближа́ться (ru) impf (približátʹsja), прибли́зиться (ru) pf (priblízitʹsja) (approach), сходи́ться (ru) impf (sxodítʹsja), сойти́сь (ru) pf (sojtísʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прѝмицати impf се, прима̀кнути pf се, приближа́вати impf се, прибли́жити pf се, конверги́рати impf or pf

  Latin: prìmicati (sh) impf se, primàknuti (sh) pf se, približávati (sh) impf se, priblížiti (sh) pf se, konvergírati (sh) impf or pf

• Spanish: converger (es), parecerse (es)
• Ukrainian: сходитися (sxodytysja)
• Yiddish: צונויפֿקומען (tsunoyfkumen)

to have a limit

• Asturian: converxer
• Bulgarian: схождам се (shoždam se)
• Catalan: convergir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收斂 / 收敛 (zh) (shōuliǎn)

• Czech: konvergovat impf
• Finnish: supeta (fi)
• French: converger (fr)
• Galician: converxer (gl)
• German: konvergieren (de)
• Hungarian: konvergál (hu), tart (hu)
• Italian: convergere (it)
• Polish: zbiegać (pl) impf, zbiec (pl) pf
• Portuguese: convergir (pt)
• Spanish: converger (es), acotar (es)
• Swedish: konvergera (sv)
• Ukrainian: наближатися (nablyžatysja), збігатися (zbihatysja)

Anagrams

• Congreve

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/

Verb

converge

1. inflection of converger:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈvɛr.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -ɛrdʒe
• Hyphenation: con‧vèr‧ge

Verb

converge

1. third-person singular present indicative of convergere

Latin

Verb

converge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convergō

Portuguese

Verb

converge

1. inflection of convergir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French converger, from Latin convergere.

Verb

a converge (third-person singular present converge, past participle convers, third-person subjunctive conveargă) 3rd conjugation

1. to converge

Conjugation

    conjugation of converge (third conjugation, past participle in -s)

infinitive			a converge
gerund			convergând
past participle			convers
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	converg	convergi	converge	convergem	convergeți	converg
	imperfect	convergeam	convergeai	convergea	convergeam	convergeați	convergeau
	simple perfect	conversei	converseși	converse	converserăm	converserăți	converseră
	pluperfect	conversesem	converseseși	conversese	converseserăm	converseserăți	converseseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să converg	să convergi	să conveargă	să convergem	să convergeți	să conveargă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		converge			convergeți
	negative		nu converge			nu convergeți

Spanish

Verb

converge

1. inflection of converger:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of convergir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative