"converge" meaning in English

See converge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kənˈvɜːd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-converge.wav 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|nocat=1|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': 91 2 6
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 8 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 13 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 33 13 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 33 16 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 17 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 12 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 16 56 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 14 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 16 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 14 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 13 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 14 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 31 14 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 17 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 13 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 12 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 28 13 59 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: divergence

Inflected forms

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          "text": "ideas converge",
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          "text": "The mountains converge into a single ridge.",
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          "ref": "1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer."
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        "(intransitive) (said of two or more entities) To approach each other; to get closer and closer."
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          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
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          "sense": "to approach each other",
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          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
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          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "приближавам се"
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          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "slivam se",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "сливам се"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "convergir"
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          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
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          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
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          "sense": "to approach each other",
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          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "sblížit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "samenkomen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "konverĝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "lähentyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "konvergoitua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "converger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "konvergieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "zusammenstreben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "zusammenlaufen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "zusammengehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sygklíno",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "συγκλίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "közeledik egymáshoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "egyfelé / egy irányba tart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "összefut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "összetart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "egybetorkollik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "convergere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "incontrarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "ūngutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamgerâyestan",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "همگرایستن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamgerâyidan",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "همگراییدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamgerâšodan",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "همگراشدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "convergir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "približátʹsja",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "приближа́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "approach",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "priblízitʹsja",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "прибли́зиться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxodítʹsja",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сходи́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sojtísʹ",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сойти́сь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "прѝмицати impf се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "прима̀кнути pf се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "приближа́вати impf се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "прибли́жити pf се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "конверги́рати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "prìmicati impf se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "primàknuti pf se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "približávati impf se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "priblížiti pf se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "konvergírati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "converger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "parecerse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sxodytysja",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "сходитися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 2 6",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tsunoyfkumen",
          "sense": "to approach each other",
          "word": "צונויפֿקומען"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mathematics",
          "orig": "en:Mathematics",
          "parents": [
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(said of a sequence or series) To have a (finite, proper) limit."
      ],
      "id": "en-converge-en-verb-lUK6uPEw",
      "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"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_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",
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      "word": "konvergoitua"
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      "sense": "to approach each other",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "zusammenstreben"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "zusammenlaufen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "zusammengehen"
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      "word": "συγκλίνω"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to approach each other",
      "word": "convergere"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "incontrarsi"
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      "word": "ūngutu"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "همگرایستن"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "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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