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発音

• IPA: /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

動詞

converge (third-person singular simple present converges, present participle converging, simple past and past participle converged)

1. (intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer.

   ideas converge

   • 1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia:

     The mountains converge into a single ridge.

   • 1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:

     Between them, and fitted with the necessary turntables, capstans, and other appliances for transferring the small four-wheel carriages and vans from one track to another, were 14 tracks which converged outside the station into double-track through the Maiden Lane Tunnel, 528 yd. in length.

   • 1988 February 7, Marea Murray, “Battles Joined: Oddysey of a Lesbian AIDS Activist”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 8:

     I am walking down a snowy street in Brookline. Three men and I converge at a front door, introduce ourselves, and shake hands.

2. (intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit.
3. (intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point.
4. (transitive) To cause to converge; to bring together.
   • Microsoft Windows 98 software installer

     By converging real-time 2-D and 3-D graphics, digital video and audio, and the Internet, Windows 98 redefines the role of the computer as an entertainment platform.

反意語

• diverge

派生語

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関連する語

• divergence

アナグラム

• Congreve