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converge

verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N V ER1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

(said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer; to become a unified whole; to come to share a similarity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • ideas converge
  • All of his books converge on the same outline.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

(said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

(said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To cause to converge; to bring together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Microsoft Windows 98 software installer By converging real-time 2-D and 3-D graphics, digital video and audio, and the Internet, Windows 98 redefines the role of the computer as an entertainment platform.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

come together so as to form a single product

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: unify, unite, merge

6

verb

Meaning 6

move or draw together at a certain location

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The crowd converged on the movie star

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: diverge

Broader terms: meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather

Narrower terms: concentrate

7

verb

Meaning 7

be adjacent or come together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The lines converge at this point

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: meet

Antonyms: diverge

Narrower terms: breast

8

verb

Meaning 8

approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: diverge

Broader terms: border on, approach

History

Etymology

From Latin convergere, from con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”).

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: събирам се (sǎbiram se) — to approach each other
  • Bulgarian: приближавам се (približavam se) — to approach each other
  • Bulgarian: сливам се (slivam se) — to approach each other
  • Catalan: convergir — to approach each other
  • Czech: konvergovat — to approach each other
  • Czech: sbližovat — to approach each other
  • Czech: sblížit — to approach each other
  • Dutch: samenkomen — to approach each other
  • Esperanto: konverĝi — to approach each other
  • Finnish: lähentyä — to approach each other
  • Finnish: konvergoitua — to approach each other
  • French: converger — to approach each other
  • German: konvergieren — to approach each other
  • German: zusammenstreben — to approach each other
  • German: zusammenlaufen — to approach each other
  • German: zusammengehen — to approach each other
  • Greek: συγκλίνω (sygklíno) — to approach each other
  • Hungarian: közeledik egymáshoz — to approach each other
  • Hungarian: egyfelé / egy irányba tart — to approach each other
  • Hungarian: összefut — to approach each other
  • Hungarian: összetart — to approach each other
  • Hungarian: egybetorkollik — to approach each other
  • Italian: convergere — to approach each other
  • Italian: incontrarsi — to approach each other
  • Māori: ūngutu — to approach each other
  • Persian: همگرایستن (hamgerâyestan) — to approach each other
  • Persian: همگراییدن (hamgerâyidan) — to approach each other
  • Persian: همگراشدن (hamgerâšodan) — to approach each other
  • Polish: schodzić się — to approach each other
  • Polish: zejść się — to approach each other
  • Portuguese: convergir — to approach each other
  • Russian: приближа́ться (približátʹsja) — to approach each other
  • Russian: прибли́зиться (priblízitʹsja) — to approach each other
  • Russian: сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja) — to approach each other
  • Russian: сойти́сь (sojtísʹ) — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: прѝмицати impf се — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: прима̀кнути pf се — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: приближа́вати impf се — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: прибли́жити pf се — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: конверги́рати — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: prìmicati impf se — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: primàknuti pf se — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: približávati impf se — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: priblížiti pf se — to approach each other
  • Serbo-Croatian: konvergírati — to approach each other
  • Spanish: converger — to approach each other
  • Spanish: parecerse — to approach each other
  • Ukrainian: сходитися (sxodytysja) — to approach each other
  • Yiddish: צונויפֿקומען (tsunoyfkumen) — to approach each other
  • Asturian: converxer — to have a limit
  • Bulgarian: схождам се (shoždam se) — to have a limit
  • Catalan: convergir — to have a limit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收斂 /收敛 (shōuliǎn) — to have a limit
  • Czech: konvergovat — to have a limit
  • Finnish: supeta — to have a limit
  • French: converger — to have a limit
  • Galician: converxer — to have a limit
  • German: konvergieren — to have a limit
  • Hungarian: konvergál — to have a limit
  • Hungarian: tart — to have a limit
  • Italian: convergere — to have a limit
  • Polish: zbiegać — to have a limit
  • Polish: zbiec — to have a limit
  • Portuguese: convergir — to have a limit
  • Spanish: converger — to have a limit
  • Spanish: acotar — to have a limit
  • Swedish: konvergera — to have a limit
  • Ukrainian: наближатися (nablyžatysja) — to have a limit
  • Ukrainian: збігатися (zbihatysja) — to have a limit
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