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converge

See also: convergé

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Etymology

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

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converge (third-person singular simple present converges, present participle converging, simple past and past participle converged)

  1. (intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.
    ideas converge
    • 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:
      The mountains converge into a single ridge.
    • 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:
      Between them, and fitted with the necessary turntables, capstans, and other appliances for transferring the small four-wheel carriages and vans from one track to another, were 14 tracks which converged outside the station into double-track through the Maiden Lane Tunnel, 528 yd. in length.
  2. (intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
  3. (intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.

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converge

  1. inflection of converger:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /konˈvɛr.d͡ʒe/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrdʒe
  • Hyphenation: con‧vèr‧ge

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converge

  1. third-person singular present indicative of convergere

Latin

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converge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of convergō

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converge

  1. inflection of convergir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French converger, from Latin convergere.

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a converge (third-person singular present converge, past participle convers) 3rd conj.

  1. to converge

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    conjugation of converge (third conjugation, past participle in -s)
infinitive a converge
gerund convergând
past participle convers
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present converg convergi converge convergem convergeți converg
imperfect convergeam convergeai convergea convergeam convergeați convergeau
simple perfect conversei converseși converse converserăm converserăți converseră
pluperfect conversesem converseseși conversese converseserăm converseserăți converseseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să converg să convergi să conveargă să convergem să convergeți să conveargă
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative converge convergeți
negative nu converge nu convergeți

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converge

  1. inflection of converger:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of convergir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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