merge
Plural: merges
Verb
Verb Forms: merged, merging, merges
- To combine or cause to combine into a single entity.
- become one
- "the cells merge"
- mix together different elements
- join or combine
- "We merged our resources"
- To combine into a whole.
- To blend gradually into something else.
Noun
- The joining together of multiple sources.
- Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
Examples
- Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
- Skilled players MERGE their letters to form impressive, high-scoring words.
- The lanes of traffic merged.
- The merge of the two documents failed.
- The two companies merged.
- There are often accidents at that traffic merge.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).
Synonyms
blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, mix, unify, unite, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, consolidate, embody, integrate, mass, merge, merger, merging
Scrabble Score: 8
merge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmerge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
merge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary