MEANING
To become more similar or move toward a common point, result, or position.
Use it for
agreement between findings; narrowing gaps; common trajectoriesDescribe movement toward agreement without claiming identity.
Words that belong together
- converge on a conclusion
- incomes converge
- converging evidence
On the page
The estimates converge as more observations are added.
Several independent accounts converge on the same explanation of the delay.
Despite rapid growth, regional incomes have not converged.
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Word forms
- Base
- converge / converges
- Past tense
- converged
- Past participle
- converged
- Present participle
- converging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- converge / converges
- Present continuous
- am/is/are converging
- Present perfect
- have/has converged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been converging
- Past
- converged
- Past continuous
- was/were converging
- Past perfect
- had converged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been converging
- Future
- will converge / converges
- Future continuous
- will be converging
- Future perfect
- will have converged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been converging
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic. Usually intransitive; converge on a conclusion, toward a level, or with another series. Convergence does not necessarily mean complete agreement. Verb inflections [base, third-person singular, past, past participle, -ing]: converge, converges, converged, converged, converging. Derived family (not inflections): convergence, convergent.
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