converge
To approach each other(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.
» We're converging, you and I.
Wir kommen uns näher, du und ich. — Espi
Мы с тобой сближаемся. — FeuDRenais
Ми стаємо ближчі один до одного. — menix
Ми стаємо ближчі одна до одної. — menix
FeuDRenais · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(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
(intransitive)(said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
konvergieren
наближатисяnablyžatysja, збігатисяzbihatysja
(intransitive)(said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
(transitive)To cause to converge; to bring together.
be adjacent or come together
Examples
12 sentencesWe're converging, you and I.
Ми стаємо ближчі один до одного. — menix
ruМы с тобой сближаемся. — FeuDRenais
deWir kommen uns näher, du und ich. — Espi
Our interest converges on that point.
ruНа этот счет наши интересы сходятся. — kukla
All the problems we mentioned converge into one main issue.
This winter, around 50 mountaineers converged on the peak, an unprecedented number.
Without loss of generality, we can say that the sequence converges to zero.
ruБез ограничения общности можно считать, что последовательность стремится к нулю. — Ooneykcall
deOhne Beschränkung der Allgemeinheit kann angenommen werden, dass die Folge gegen Null konvergiert. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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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, convergedSynonyms
1 synonyms- be adjacent or come together:meet
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.