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converge Definition


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converge
verb, intr converged, converging
    1. To move towards or meet at one point.
      Thesaurus: meet, coincide, join, merge, funnel, combine; Antonym: disperse.
      Form: converge on (often)
      Form: upon someone
      Form: something
    2. Said eg of opinions: to tend towards one another; to coincide.
    3. Said of plants and animals: to undergo convergent evolution.
Derivative: convergence
noun
    A movement towards one point
      Thesaurus: concurrence, conjunction, union, concentration, confluence, intersection; Antonym: divergence.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin convergere to incline together.



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