CONVERGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does converge mean?
• CONVERGE (verb)
The verb CONVERGE has 4 senses:
1. be adjacent or come together
2. approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
3. move or draw together at a certain location
4. come together so as to form a single product
Familiarity information: CONVERGE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CONVERGE (verb)
Meaning:
Be adjacent or come together
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
converge; meet
Context example:
The lines converge at this point
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "converge"):
breast (meet at breast level)
Sentence frames:
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Something is ----ing PP
Antonym:
diverge (extend in a different direction)
diverge (have no limits as a mathematical series)
Meaning:
Approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "converge" is one way to...):
approach; border on (come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
diverge (have no limits as a mathematical series)
Meaning:
Move or draw together at a certain location
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The crowd converged on the movie star
Hypernyms (to "converge" is one way to...):
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "converge"):
concentrate (draw together or meet in one common center)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
diverge (move or draw apart)
Meaning:
Come together so as to form a single product
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power
Hypernyms (to "converge" is one way to...):
merge; unify; unite (become one)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
