converge

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verb

1. be adjacent or come together (Freq. 1)
- The lines converge at this point
• Syn:
meet
• Ant:
diverge
• Derivationally related forms:
convergent, convergency, converging, convergence
• Hyponyms:
breast
• Verb Group:
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
• Ant:
diverge
• Derivationally related forms:
convergency, convergence
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
border on, approach
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. move or draw together at a certain location
- The crowd converged on the movie star
• Ant:
diverge
• Derivationally related forms:
convergent, convergency, convergence, converging
• Hypernyms:
meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
• Hyponyms:
concentrate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
4. come together so as to form a single product
- Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power
• Derivationally related forms:
convergent, converging
• Hypernyms:
unify, unite, merge
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP