Converge (Verb)
Meaning 1
Move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 2
Come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 3
Be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 4
Approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit.
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- Numerous studies have shown that the average values converge to a stable limit as the sample size increases without bound.
- The mathematical function was carefully designed to ensure its partial sums converge to a fixed value as the number of terms goes to infinity.
- In this sequence, the terms themselves do not settle to a fixed value, but their slopes converge to zero as the sequence progresses.
- Statisticians pointed out that while the early values fluctuated greatly, they converge to a stable mean with each subsequent survey conducted over the years.
- The solutions to the iterative equations converge to an asymptotic value that defines the behavior of the physical system over long periods of time.