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# converge

«converge» in Mova's school dictionary: **When lines, roads or rivers converge, they move towards…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (converge, converges, converged, converging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) When lines, roads or rivers converge, they move towards each other and meet at one point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#m1)

2) When people converge on a place, they come to it from different directions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#m2)

3) When ideas or opinions converge, they become more alike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#m3)

4) (maths) A series or sequence converges when it gets closer and closer to one fixed number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and art, converging lines meet at a point, like railway tracks in a drawing with perspective. In science, light rays converge after passing through a magnifying glass (a converging lens). In news and stories, crowds «converge on» a square or a stadium. Opposite: diverge.

### examples

- The two roads converge just before the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#x1)
- Railway lines seem to converge in the distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#x2)
- Fans converged on the stadium from all over the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#x3)
- A magnifying glass makes rays of sunlight converge on one spot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#x4)
- Police cars converged on the bank after the alarm rang. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#x5)
- Our ideas converged, and we agreed on one plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#x6)
- The sums 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... converge on 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: converged, converging. Noun: convergence. Opposite: diverge (to move apart). In maths, «converges to 1» means the answers get as close to 1 as you like, though each sum alone may never reach it exactly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «converge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/converge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.