CONVERGE


Meaning of CONVERGE in English

(~s, converging, ~d)

1.

If people or vehicles ~ on a place, they move towards it from different directions.

Competitors from more than a hundred countries have ~d on Sheffield for the Games...

VERB: V on n

2.

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

As they flow south, the five rivers ~.

? diverge

VERB: pl-n V

3.

If different ideas or societies ~, 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 ~d with those of the poorest and created a new consensus.

? diverge

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

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