Antonyms for converge


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-vurj
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈvɜrdʒ


Definition of converge

Origin :
  • 1690s, from Late Latin convergere "to incline together" from com- "together" (see com-) + vergere "to bend" (see verge (v.)). Related: Converged; converging.
  • verb gather
Example sentences :
  • All of these three armies were naturally to converge on Paris.
  • Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 » by Various
  • The web is composed of all the routes which start from the coast and converge on Timbuktu.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • The two sierras appear to converge at the eastern end of the valley.
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • They enable the reader to converge and associate with the noblest and best minds.
  • Extract from : « The Choctaw Freedmen » by Robert Elliott Flickinger
  • He saw Gunderson and Mellors converge on one of the pirates.
  • Extract from : « Postmark Ganymede » by Robert Silverberg
  • All the Indian trails in the country seemed to converge at this point.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye
  • At the outer end of the train-shed, its tracks begin to converge.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
  • The pores are separated by high parallel crests and arranged in longitudinal rows, which converge towards the aboral hinge.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • All the threads of interest are gathered together and converge on him.
  • Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2) » by John Addington Symonds
  • If they are parallel they cannot by definition either diverge or converge.
  • Extract from : « First and Last » by H. Belloc

Synonyms for converge

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