converge
See also: convergé
English
Etymology
From convergere, from con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
Verb
converge (third-person singular simple present converges, present participle converging, simple past and past participle converged)
- (intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.
- 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
- The mountains converge into a single ridge.
- ideas converge
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- (intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
- (intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
Antonyms
- diverge
Derived terms
- convergence
- convergent
- converger
Related terms
- divergence
Translations
to approach each other
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to have a limit
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Anagrams
- Congreve
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁʒ/
Verb
converge
- inflection of converger:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈvɛr.d͡ʒe/
- Rhymes: -ɛrdʒe
- Hyphenation: con‧vèr‧ge
Verb
converge
- third-person singular present indicative of convergere
Latin
Verb
converge
- second-person singular present active imperative of convergō
Romanian
Etymology
From French converger, from Latin convergere.
Verb
a converge (third-person singular present converge, past participle convers) 3rd conj.
- to converge
Conjugation
conjugation of converge (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
infinitive | a converge | ||||||
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gerund | convergând | ||||||
past participle | convers | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | converg | convergi | converge | convergem | convergeți | converg | |
imperfect | convergeam | convergeai | convergea | convergeam | convergeați | convergeau | |
simple perfect | conversei | converseși | converse | converserăm | converserăți | converseră | |
pluperfect | conversesem | converseseși | conversese | converseserăm | converseserăți | converseseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să converg | să convergi | să conveargă | să convergem | să convergeți | să conveargă | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | converge | convergeți | |||||
negative | nu converge | nu convergeți |
Spanish
Verb
converge
- inflection of converger:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- inflection of convergir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative