merge
Use Merge in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
2.
to combine, blend, or unite gradually so as to blur the individuality or individual identity of: They voted to merge the two branch offices into a single unit.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become combined, united, swallowed up, or absorbed; lose identity by uniting or blending (often followed by in or into ): This stream merges into the river up ahead.
4.
to combine or unite into a single enterprise, organization, body, etc.: The two firms merged last year.
Origin:
1630–40; < Latin mergere to dip, immerse, plunge into water
1630–40; < Latin mergere to dip, immerse, plunge into water
Related forms
mer·gence, noun
an·ti·merg·ing, adjective
de·merge, verb (used with object), de·merged, de·merg·ing.
re·merge, verb, re·merged, re·merg·ing.
un·merge, verb (used with object), un·merged, un·merg·ing.
Synonyms
1, 2, 3. amalgamate, consolidate.
1, 2, 3. amalgamate, consolidate.
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merge (mɜːdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to meet and join or cause to meet and join |
| 2. | to blend or cause to blend; fuse |
| [C17: from Latin mergere to plunge] | |
| 'mergence | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
merge
1630s, "to plunge or sink in," from L. mergere "to dip, immerse," probably rhotacized from *mezgo, and cognate with Skt. majjati "dives under," Lith. mazgoju "to wash." Legal sense of "absorption of an estate, contract, etc. into another" is from 1726.
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Example sentences
Three companies that provide home infusion services announced yesterday that they would merge.
The wind picked up in the afternoon, forcing the hot daytime temperatures to merge into a cold evening.
After several conversations, the two companies agreed to merge.
They become chimeras not because their embryos merge but because more often than not their placentas do.
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