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| con·verge [ kən vúrj ] (past and past participle con·verged, present participle con·verg·ing, 3rd person present singular con·verg·es) |
intransitive verb |
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1. meet: to reach the same point coming from different directions
  the place where the roads converge
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2. become same: to become gradually less different and eventually the same
political beliefs that were rapidly converging
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3. arrive at same destination: to gather or meet at the same destination
Delegates from all over the world are converging on the city of New York.
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4. mathematics approach finite limit: to approach a finite limit as the number of terms in an infinite series increases
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5. biology develop similar characteristics: to develop, independently of other species, superficially similar characteristics in response to a set of environmental conditions, e.g. the development of wings in birds and insects
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| [Late 17th century. < late Latin convergere "lean together" < Latin vergere "to bend"] |
