"converge" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-converge.wav [Southern-England] Forms: converges [present, singular, third-person], converging [participle, present], converged [participle, past], converged [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ Etymology: From Latin convergere, from con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|convergere}} Latin convergere, {{prefix|la|con-|vergere|t1=together|t2=to bend}} con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Tags: intransitive Translations (to approach each other): събирам се (sǎbiram se) (Bulgarian), приближавам се (približavam se) (Bulgarian), сливам се (slivam se) (Bulgarian), convergir (Catalan), konvergovat [imperfective] (Czech), sbližovat [imperfective] (Czech), sblížit [perfective] (Czech), samenkomen (Dutch), konverĝi (Esperanto), lähentyä (Finnish), konvergoitua (Finnish), converger (French), konvergieren (German), zusammenstreben (German), zusammenlaufen (German), zusammengehen (German), συγκλίνω (sygklíno) (Greek), közeledik egymáshoz (Hungarian), egyfelé / egy irányba tart (Hungarian), összefut (Hungarian), összetart (Hungarian), egybetorkollik (Hungarian), convergere (Italian), incontrarsi (Italian), ūngutu (Maori), همگرایستن (hamgerâyestan) (Persian), همگراییدن (hamgerâyidan) (Persian), همگراشدن (hamgerâšodan) (Persian), convergir (Portuguese), приближа́ться (približátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), прибли́зиться (priblízitʹsja) (english: approach) [perfective] (Russian), сходи́ться (sxodítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сойти́сь (sojtísʹ) [perfective] (Russian), прѝмицати impf се [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), прима̀кнути pf се [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), приближа́вати impf се [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), прибли́жити pf се [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), конверги́рати [Cyrillic, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), prìmicati impf se [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), primàknuti pf se [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), približávati impf se [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), priblížiti pf se [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), konvergírati [Roman, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), converger (Spanish), parecerse (Spanish), сходитися (sxodytysja) (Ukrainian), צונויפֿקומען (tsunoyfkumen) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-converge-en-verb-ytG3S8Nu Disambiguation of 'to approach each other': 88 1 11
  2. (intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (to have a limit): схождам се (shoždam se) (Bulgarian), 收斂 (Chinese Mandarin), 收敛 (shōuliǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), konvergovat [imperfective] (Czech), supeta (Finnish), converger (French), konvergieren (German), konvergál (Hungarian), tart (Hungarian), convergere (Italian), zbiegać (Polish), converger (Spanish), acotar (Spanish), konvergera (Swedish), наближатися (nablyžatysja) (Ukrainian), збігатися (zbihatysja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-converge-en-verb-lUK6uPEw Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to have a limit': 0 100 0
  3. (intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-converge-en-verb-F0vElgtS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 6 54 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: convergence, convergent, converger Related terms: divergence

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer."
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "samenkomen"
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          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "konverĝi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "lähentyä"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
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          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "converger"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "zusammenstreben"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to approach each other",
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          "sense": "to approach each other",
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sygklíno",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "συγκλίνω"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "közeledik egymáshoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "egyfelé / egy irányba tart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "összefut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "összetart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "convergere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "incontrarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "ūngutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamgerâyestan",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "همگرایستن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamgerâyidan",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "همگراییدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamgerâšodan",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "همگراشدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "convergir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "približátʹsja",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "приближа́ться"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "approach",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "priblízitʹsja",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "прибли́зиться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxodítʹsja",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сходи́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sojtísʹ",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сойти́сь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "прѝмицати impf се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "прима̀кнути pf се"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
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          "word": "приближа́вати impf се"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
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          "word": "прибли́жити pf се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "конверги́рати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "prìmicati impf se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "primàknuti pf se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
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          "word": "približávati impf se"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
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            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
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          "word": "konvergírati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "converger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "parecerse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sxodytysja",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "сходитися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 1 11",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tsunoyfkumen",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "צונויפֿקומען"
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            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "(said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit."
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        [
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        "(intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "shoždam se",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "схождам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "收斂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shōuliǎn",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "收敛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "konvergovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "supeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "converger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "konvergieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "konvergál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "tart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "convergere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "zbiegać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "converger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "acotar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "konvergera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nablyžatysja",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "наближатися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zbihatysja",
          "sense": "to have a limit",
          "word": "збігатися"
        }
      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        },
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          "_dis": "40 6 54",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      "glosses": [
        "(said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point."
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)dʒ"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "word": "diverge"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)dʒ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)dʒ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "convergence"
    },
    {
      "word": "convergent"
    },
    {
      "word": "converger"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "convergere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin convergere",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "con-",
        "3": "vergere",
        "t1": "together",
        "t2": "to bend"
      },
      "expansion": "con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin convergere, from con- (“together”) + vergere (“to bend”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "converges",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "converging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "converged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "converged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "converge (third-person singular simple present converges, present participle converging, simple past and past participle converged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "divergence"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ideas converge",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1785, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia",
          "text": "The mountains converge into a single ridge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "sequence",
          "sequence"
        ],
        [
          "series",
          "series"
        ],
        [
          "finite",
          "finite"
        ],
        [
          "proper",
          "proper"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "iterative",
          "iterative"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, computing) (said of an iterative process) To reach a stable end point."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)dʒ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎbiram se",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "събирам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "približavam se",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "приближавам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slivam se",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "сливам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "convergir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "konvergovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "sbližovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sblížit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "samenkomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "konverĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "lähentyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "konvergoitua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "converger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "konvergieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "zusammenstreben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "zusammenlaufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "zusammengehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sygklíno",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "συγκλίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "közeledik egymáshoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "egyfelé / egy irányba tart"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "összefut"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "összetart"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "egybetorkollik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "convergere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "incontrarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "ūngutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hamgerâyestan",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "همگرایستن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hamgerâyidan",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "همگراییدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hamgerâšodan",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "همگراشدن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "convergir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "približátʹsja",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "приближа́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "approach",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priblízitʹsja",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прибли́зиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxodítʹsja",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сходи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sojtísʹ",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сойти́сь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "прѝмицати impf се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "прима̀кнути pf се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "приближа́вати impf се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "прибли́жити pf се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "конверги́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "prìmicati impf se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "primàknuti pf se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "približávati impf se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "priblížiti pf se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "konvergírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "converger"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "parecerse"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sxodytysja",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "сходитися"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsunoyfkumen",
      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "צונויפֿקומען"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "shoždam se",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "схождам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "收斂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shōuliǎn",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "收敛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "收斂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shōuliǎn",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "收敛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "konvergovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "supeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "converger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "konvergieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "konvergál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "tart"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "convergere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "zbiegać"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "converger"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "acotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "konvergera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nablyžatysja",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "наближатися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zbihatysja",
      "sense": "to have a limit",
      "word": "збігатися"
    }
  ],
  "word": "converge"
}

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