verb · academic
converge
UK/kənˈvɜːdʒ/US/kənˈvɜrdʒ/con·VERGE
to move toward the same point or to come together in agreement or result
Examples
“Researchers from different disciplines converged on the same explanation.”
“Traffic from the suburbs converges on the city centre every morning.”
“Their opinions gradually converged after long discussion.”
Band 8 sentence
“Over successive rounds of negotiation the delegations gradually converged on a compromise that balanced national interests and environmental concerns.”
Collocations
- converge on / converge upon a point
- converge towards a consensus
Word family
Common mistakes
converge to→converge on / converge upon
is converged→converges / converged
Say it for a higher band
5come together→6meet→7+converge
Synonyms
meet
merge
Easily confused
coincide
“The two data sets coincide for several variables but do not converge overall.”
Related words
Learn this word with the rest of its set, and get reminded at the right time.
In Sublist 9
Learn it with its set