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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
con·verge    Audio Help   [kuhn-vurj] Pronunciation Key verb, -verged, -verg·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
2.to tend to a common result, conclusion, etc.
3.Mathematics.
a.(of a sequence) to have values eventually arbitrarily close to some number; to have a finite limit.
b.(of an infinite series) to have a finite sum; to have a sequence of partial sums that converges.
c.(of an improper integral) to have a finite value.
d.(of a net) to be residually in every neighborhood of some point.
–verb (used with object)
4.to cause to converge.
[Origin: 1685–95; < LL convergere to incline together. See con-, verge2]

—Synonyms 1. approach, focus, come together.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  close
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To come together.
Synonyms:  meet
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  concentrate
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To direct toward a common center.
Synonyms:  center, channel, focalize, focus
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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