Converge
[kən'vɜːdʒ] or [kən'vɝdʒ]
Definition
(verb.) come together so as to form a single product; 'Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power'.
(verb.) move or draw together at a certain location; 'The crowd converged on the movie star'.
(verb.) be adjacent or come together; 'The lines converge at this point'.
(verb.) approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit.
Checker: Max--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.
(v. t.) To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together.
Typed by Katie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Tend to the same point.
Editor: Moll
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tend, bear, incline, lead, coincide, conduce, contribute, meet, concentrate,coradiate
ANT:Diverge, deviate, radiate, mix, foul, {[entergle]?}
Checker: Thelma
Definition
v.i. to tend to one point.—ns. Conver′gence Conver′gency act or quality of tending to one point.—adjs. Conver′gent Conver′ging tending to one point.
Checked by Enrique
Examples
- The roads from Pittsburg and Hamburg to Corinth converge some eight miles out. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The yarns, which are wound around bobbins, are drawn from them through perforated plates, these so placed that the yarns converge together and pass into a tube. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This square is still covered with fine primeval forest trees, and has at its centre a handsome soldiers' monument of the Civil War, to which four paved walks converge. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The eyes of each were then so intently converged upon the stone that one could fancy their beams were visible, like rays in a fog. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Rays of light are converged and focused at _F_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It is as if all history converged upon the issue, and the workers in the cause feel that they carry within them the destiny of the race. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There were many trucks too and some carts going through on other streets and converging on the main road. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Warren occupied our right, covering the Brock and other roads converging at Spottsylvania; Sedgwick was to his left and Burnside on our extreme left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Such lenses are called convex or converging lenses. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- These converging horns or funnels, with a large speaking-trumpet in between them, are mounted on a tripod, and the megaphone is complete. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was crisscrossed in every direction with long straight lines, sometimes running parallel and sometimes converging toward some great circle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- On the third day, the throng had swollen to thousands; all slowly converging to one point--the city of Somnauth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- McClernand had two roads about three miles apart, converging at Edward's station, over which to march his troops. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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