converge

CEFRB2

/kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/

verb

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In plain English

01
verb
To move toward and meet at the same place.
02
verb
Extra detail
(said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

(said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
(said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.
To cause to converge; to bring together.

In context

Microsoft Windows 98 software installer By converging real-time 2-D and 3-D graphics, digital video and audio, and the Internet, Windows 98 redefines the role of the computer as an entertainment platform.
ideas converge
The mountains converge into a single ridge.

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The mountains converge into a single ridge.
1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
Between them, and fitted with the necessary turntables, capstans, and other appliances for transferring the small four-wheel carriages and vans from one track to another, were 14 tracks which converged outside the station into double-track through the Maiden Lane Tunnel, 528 yd. in length.
1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650
I am walking down a snowy street in Brookline. Three men and I converge at a front door, introduce ourselves, and shake hands.
1988 February 7, Marea Murray, “Battles Joined: Oddysey of a Lesbian AIDS Activist”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 8

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From Latin convergere, from con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”).