converged; converging
1
: to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
converging paths
Police cars converged on the accident scene.
2
: to come together and unite in a common interest or focus
Economic forces converged to bring the country out of the recession.
3
: to approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
the series converges
: to cause to converge
Synonyms
Examples of converge in a Sentence
The two roads converge in the center of town.
Students converged in the parking lot to say goodbye after graduation.
Economic forces converged to bring the country out of a recession.
Many companies are combining rapidly converging communication technology into one device that can act as a phone, take photographs, and send e-mail.
Recent Examples on the Web
The professional golf world is bumping along down two separate paths, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, and those have converged at the Masters.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The couple have converged on professional similarities.
—Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Country music fans and those seeking celestial wonder were converging in the Texas capital city as the CMT Awards were taking place downtown that night and the very next day, Austin stood to be in the path of totality for a total solar eclipse.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
In one incident more than 100 people are killed, Palestinian officials say, when thousands converge on an aid convoy and Israeli troops open fire.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
But no natural reference points exist for longitude, the east-west lines that converge at the poles.
—Yaakov Zinberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Secrets revealed, the psychological toll on Buchanan, McDuffie’s friend trying to find his way back to humanity – many threads converge in the play.
—Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
And those are just two of the more than 2,500 rabid fans who have converged at the Burbank Marriott on this hazy weekend in March for The Hollywood Show, a two-day gathering of aging TV and (some) film celebrities held thrice a year.
—Michael Callahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
Cameras and onlookers converged on No. 207, representing Les Deux Magots, the iconic cafe frequented by intellectuals and writers like Simone de Beauvoir and James Baldwin; and No. 182, representing La Tour d’Argent, a renowned restaurant with stunning views of the Seine River.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
The couple have converged on professional similarities.
—Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Country music fans and those seeking celestial wonder were converging in the Texas capital city as the CMT Awards were taking place downtown that night and the very next day, Austin stood to be in the path of totality for a total solar eclipse.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
In one incident more than 100 people are killed, Palestinian officials say, when thousands converge on an aid convoy and Israeli troops open fire.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
But no natural reference points exist for longitude, the east-west lines that converge at the poles.
—Yaakov Zinberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Secrets revealed, the psychological toll on Buchanan, McDuffie’s friend trying to find his way back to humanity – many threads converge in the play.
—Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
And those are just two of the more than 2,500 rabid fans who have converged at the Burbank Marriott on this hazy weekend in March for The Hollywood Show, a two-day gathering of aging TV and (some) film celebrities held thrice a year.
—Michael Callahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
Cameras and onlookers converged on No. 207, representing Les Deux Magots, the iconic cafe frequented by intellectuals and writers like Simone de Beauvoir and James Baldwin; and No. 182, representing La Tour d’Argent, a renowned restaurant with stunning views of the Seine River.
—Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Converge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/converge. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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converge
verb
con·verge
kən-ˈvərj 
converged; converging
1
: to tend or move toward one point or one another
2
: to come together and unite in a common interest
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