Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)To combine into a whole.

    Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.

    The two companies merged.

    zusammenlegen, zusammenfügen, zusammenführen

    объедини́тьobʺjedinítʹ, слитьslitʹ, объединя́тьсяobʺjedinjátʹsja

    join or combine

  2. (intransitive, transitive)To combine two or more versions of a file into one file, especially using a version control system.

    мёржитьmjóržitʹ, смёржитьsmjóržitʹ

  3. To blend gradually into something else.

    The lanes of traffic merged.

    The sky and sea seem to merge at the horizon.

    zusammenkommen

Examples

31 sentences
  1. The Mitsubishi Bank merged with the Bank of Tokyo.

    ruПроизошло слияние "Mitsubishi Bank" и "Bank of Tokyo".

    deDie Mitsubishi Bank fusionierte mit der Tokyo Bank.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. This is where the trails merge.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Then the two images merge into one.

    ruЗатем оба изображения сливаются в одно.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · AlanF_US · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. Yanni merged gently into the middle lane.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. Ziri tried to merge into that lane.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
(transitive) to combine into a whole:
(intransitive) to combine into a whole:
to combine several versions into one file:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
(transitive) to combine into a whole:
(intransitive) to combine into a whole:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).

Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

merges, merging, merged, merged
Base formmerge · to merge
3rd person singularmerges
Present participlemerging
Past simplemerged
Past participlemerged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymerge
he, she, itmerges

Past simpleLesson

all personsmerged

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill merge

Synonyms

24 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
merge — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto