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converge (verb), converges; converged; converging
1. To tend to go to one point from different places.
2. To meet in at a common result of operation; to reach the same point coming from different directions: The travelers met where the roads were converging.
3. To become the same; to become gradually less different and eventually the same: The political beliefs of the voters were rapidly converging.
4. To tend toward or to achieve a union or a common conclusion or result: In time, the views and the efforts of the politicians converged.
5. In mathematics, to approximate in the sum of its terms toward a definite limit.
6. To arrive at same destination; to gather or meet at the same destination: The delegates to the convention came from all over the world and are converging on the city of Berlin.
7. In biology, to develop similar characteristics; to develop, independently of other species, superficially similar characteristics in response to a set of environmental conditions: In nature, there are converges of the development of wings in birds and insects.
2. To meet in at a common result of operation; to reach the same point coming from different directions: The travelers met where the roads were converging.
3. To become the same; to become gradually less different and eventually the same: The political beliefs of the voters were rapidly converging.
4. To tend toward or to achieve a union or a common conclusion or result: In time, the views and the efforts of the politicians converged.
5. In mathematics, to approximate in the sum of its terms toward a definite limit.
6. To arrive at same destination; to gather or meet at the same destination: The delegates to the convention came from all over the world and are converging on the city of Berlin.
7. In biology, to develop similar characteristics; to develop, independently of other species, superficially similar characteristics in response to a set of environmental conditions: In nature, there are converges of the development of wings in birds and insects.
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verg-, -vergent, -vergence
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converge, diverge
converge (kuhn VURJ) (verb)
To move towards a common point or point of interest: The two lanes of the highway will converge at the edge of the city.
During their discussion, the two members of the debate team realized that their views on the subject did in fact converge.
diverge (di VURJ, digh VURJ) (verb)
To move away from a common point or point of agreement: Watching the road signs carefully, the driver noticed that the lanes of the highway would diverge at the intersection, one lane leading to the countryside.
Realizing that our thoughts would diverge on the issue of the consequence for highway speeding, we decided to drop the subject.
Rather than having their travel program diverge from the original plan, Wade and Austin decided to converge in the next town and have lunch before continuing any farther.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group C; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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