converge

See also: convergé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kən.ˈvɜːdʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒ

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of two or more entities, to approach each other; to get closer and closer.
   • Jefferson

     The mountains converge into a single ridge.

2. (intransitive, mathematics) Of a sequence, to have a limit.
3. (intransitive, computing) Of an iterative process, to reach a stable end point.

Antonyms

• to diverge

Derived terms

• convergence
• convergent

Related terms

• divergence

Translations

to approach each other

• Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se), приближавам се (približavam se), сливам се (slivam se)
• Czech: konvergovat impf, sbližovat impf, sblížit pf
• Dutch: samenkomen (nl)
• Esperanto: konverĝi
• Finnish: lähentyä (fi), konvergoitua
• French: converger (fr)
• German: konvergieren (de), zusammenstreben
• Greek: συγκλίνω (el) (sygklíno)
• Maori: ūngutu
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• Persian: همگرایستن (hamgerāyestan), همگراییدن (hamgerāyīdan), همگراشدن (fa) (hamgerāšodan)
• 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

  Roman: 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)
• Yiddish: צונויפֿקומען (tsunoyfkumen)

to have a limit

• Bulgarian: схождам се (shoždam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收斂／收敛 (zh) (shōuliǎn), 收斂／收敛 (zh) (shōuliǎn)

• Czech: konvergovat impf
• Finnish: supeta
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• French: converger (fr)
• German: konvergieren (de)
• Polish: zbiegać
• Spanish: converger (es), acotar (es)
• Swedish: konvergera (sv)

Anagrams

• Congreve

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/

Verb

converge

1. first-person singular present indicative of converger
2. third-person singular present indicative of converger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of converger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of converger
5. second-person singular imperative of converger

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Italian

Verb

converge

1. third-person singular present indicative of convergere

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) converge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convergō

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Spanish

Verb

converge

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of convergir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of convergir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of convergir.