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# merging

«merging» in Mova's school dictionary: **the -ing form of «merge»: joining together into one** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, -ing form of «merge» (merging); noun (merging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Merging is the -ing form of «merge»: joining together into one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merging/#m1)

2) As a noun, merging is the act of joining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merging/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Seen on road signs («Merging traffic») and in computing and news.

### examples

- The cars are merging into one lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merging/#x1)
- Watch out for merging traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merging/#x2)
- The two schools are merging next year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merging/#x3)
- Merging the files took a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merging/#x4)
- The clouds were merging into one dark mass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merging/#x5)
- Merging two teams can make it stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merging/#x6)

### note

Spelling: drop the e of «merge» and add «-ing»: merging. Road safety: at a merge, drivers take turns.

### Trees and pragmatics

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