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con⋅verge

  [kuhn-vurj] verb, -verged, -verg⋅ing.
Use converge in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
2. to tend to a common result, conclusion, etc.
3. Mathematics.
a. (of a sequence) to have values eventually arbitrarily close to some number; to have a finite limit.
b. (of an infinite series) to have a finite sum; to have a sequence of partial sums that converges.
c. (of an improper integral) to have a finite value.
d. (of a net) to be residually in every neighborhood of some point.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause to converge.
Origin:
1685–95; < LL convergere to incline together. See con-, verge 2

Synonyms:
1. approach, focus, come together.
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con·verge   (kən-vûrj')   
v.   con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es

v.   intr.
    1. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge.
    2. To come together from different directions; meet: The avenues converge at a central square.
  2. To tend toward or achieve union or a common conclusion or result: In time, our views and our efforts converged.
  3. Mathematics To approach a limit.
v.   tr.
To cause to converge.

[Late Latin convergere, to incline together : Latin com-, com- + Latin vergere, to incline; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Converge

Con*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Converged; p. pr. & vb. n. Converging.] [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn, incline; cf. F. converger. See Verge, v. i.] To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

The mountains converge into a single ridge. --Jefferson.

Converge

Con*verge"\, v. t. To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together.

I converge its rays to a focus of dazzling brilliancy. --Tyndall.
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Language Translation for : converge
Spanish: convergir,
German: zusammenlaufen,
Japanese: 一点に集まる
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converge 
1691, from L.L. convergere "to incline together" from com- "together" + vergere "to bend" (see verge (v.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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converge   (kən-vûrj')  Pronunciation Key 
  1. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point.
  2. In calculus, to approach a limit.

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