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   converge

   /kənˈvəːdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. (of lines) tend to meet at a point: "a pair of lines of longitude are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles" Similar meetintersectcrosscome togetherconnectlink upcoincidejoinunitemergeOpposite separatediverge
   • ▪ come together from different directions so as eventually to meet: "convoys from America and the UK traversed thousands of miles to converge in the Atlantic" Similar close in onbear down ondescend onapproachdraw near/nearer tocome close/closer tomove towardsOpposite leaveretreat from
   • ▪ come from different directions and meet at (a place): "half a million sports fans will converge on the capital for the London Marathon"
   • ▪ (of a number of things) gradually change so as to become similar or develop something in common: "the aims of the two developments can and should converge"
   • 2. (of a series) approximate in the sum of its terms towards a definite limit: "the powers of"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from late Latin convergere, from con- ‘together’ + Latin vergere ‘incline’.

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