converge
Other forms: converging; converged; converges
Use the verb converge to describe something that comes together at a common point: “Thousands of Elvis fans plan to converge on the small Arkansas town where unconfirmed sightings of the deceased superstar eating at a local barbeque restaurant had been widely reported.”
Two roads, a roomful of politicians, or a group of rabid fans — when things come together from different points they converge. Converge traces back to the Latin word vergere, meaning “to bend or to turn." The prefix con- means "with," a good way to remember that things that converge come together. Don't confuse it with diverge, which means the opposite: "move away," because the prefix “dis-” means “apart.”
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be adjacent or come together
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approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
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move or draw together at a certain location“The crowd converged on the movie star”antonyms:divergemove or draw aparttypes:concentratedraw together or meet in one common centertype of:
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come together so as to form a single product
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