CONVERGE


Meaning of CONVERGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kənvɜ:(r)dʒ ]

( converges, converging, converged)

1.

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 : V on n

2.

If roads or lines converge , they meet or join at a particular place. ( FORMAL )

As they flow south, the five rivers converge.

≠ diverge

VERB : pl-n V

3.

If different ideas or societies converge , they stop being different and become similar to each other.

Speeches delivered by Mr Dewar and Mr Wallace indicated their views were converging...

The views of the richest householders converged with those of the poorest and created a new consensus.

≠ diverge

V-RECIP : pl-n V , V with n

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