Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)(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.

    ideas converge

    All of his books converge on the same outline.

    konvergieren, zusammenstreben, zusammenlaufen

    приближа́тьсяpribližátʹsja, прибли́зитьсяpriblízitʹsja, сходи́тьсяsxodítʹsja

    сходитисяsxodytysja

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

    konvergieren

    наближатисяnablyžatysja, збігатисяzbihatysja

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

  4. (transitive)To cause to converge; to bring together.

    be adjacent or come together

Examples

12 sentences
  1. We're converging, you and I.

    Ми стаємо ближчі один до одного.

    ruМы с тобой сближаемся.

    deWir kommen uns näher, du und ich.

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  2. Our interest converges on that point.

    ruНа этот счет наши интересы сходятся.

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  3. All the problems we mentioned converge into one main issue.

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  4. This winter, around 50 mountaineers converged on the peak, an unprecedented number.

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  5. Without loss of generality, we can say that the sequence converges to zero.

    ruБез ограничения общности можно считать, что последовательность стремится к нулю.

    deOhne Beschränkung der Allgemeinheit kann angenommen werden, dass die Folge gegen Null konvergiert.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to approach each other:
to have a limit:
Русский
By meaning 1
to approach each other:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to approach each other:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

converges, converging, converged, converged
Base formconverge · to converge
3rd person singularconverges
Present participleconverging
Past simpleconverged
Past participleconverged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconverge
he, she, itconverges

Past simpleLesson

all personsconverged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave converged
he, she, ithas converged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill converge

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • be adjacent or come together:meet

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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