MEANING
Moving toward a common point, greater similarity, or agreement in findings or conclusions.
Use it for
describing independent findings tending toward the same conclusion; showing patterns becoming more alike; distinguishing increasing agreement from complete identityDescribes movement toward agreement or similarity without assuming identical origins or complete agreement. Academic functions: Comparison / Contrast.
Words that belong together
- convergent evidence
- convergent findings
- convergent trends
On the page
The review finds convergent evidence across interviews, archives, and survey responses.
The two traditions developed convergent explanations despite starting from different assumptions.
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Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- convergent
Usage notes
Relational adjective, usually non-gradable. Convergent with is possible; convergent evidence or trends is more usual. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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