converge Definition
con·verge (kən vʉrj′)
intransitive verb -·verged′, -·verg′·ing
- to come together or tend to come together at a point
- to move or be directed toward each other or toward the same place, purpose, or result
- to approach a definite limit, as the sum of certain infinite series of numbers (Ex: 1 + + + + + . . . = 2)
Etymology: LL convergere < L com-, together + vergere, to bend: see verge
transitive verb
to cause to converge
converge Synonyms
converge Usage Examples
Object
- voice: Products and Services Products include building blocks and services that converge voice and data technologies and enable the creation of the modular network.
- marketplace: Indeed in the converged marketplace, technology is highly complex and demands both excellent skills and experience.
- network: The IP VPN forms the core of your inter building converged communications network.
- lens: The most familiar lens is the magnifying glass which is an example of a convex or converging lens.
- regulator: Ofcom, the newly converged communications regulator, currently costs more than the five regulators it replaced.
- solution: They are intended to represent converged solutions on " reasonable " meshes.
Preposition: on
- bell: Somebody who is converge on bell of the biggest.
- capital: Every August over a million people converge on the Scottish capital for the single largest arts festival in the world, The Edinburgh Festival.
- scene: Security vehicles with flashing lights converged on the scene.
- city: By car An extensive network of major highways converge on the city of Bilbao, making it easy to reach the city by car.
- solution: It has been shown that RTS can converge on a solution with weights defined by just two bits of precision.
Modifying Another Word
- rapidly: We will never know, because by this time the Allied armies were rapidly converging on Berlin.
- gradually: During years 1-5, unit costs are expected to gradually converge to the relevant maintenance cost benchmark ( see section 4.6 ).
- ultimately: These have evolved from learning models to large population settings and ultimately converged on biological concepts.
- slowly: The runs are obviously too short for such slowly converging learning schemes.
- eventually: These two stories will eventually converge in a way that only David Lynch could pull off.
- quickly: Moreover, whatever the starting point the unemployment ratio will very quickly converge to the same stable level.
Followed by a transitive particle
around: Present estimates converge around an average yearly rate of about 30 % , with strong differentiation among market segments and countries.
Infinitive complement
zero: Why does the spacing converge to zero at the dissociation limit?
Preposition: from
direction: Hundreds converge from every direction, moving instinctively toward their mating ground.
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