Definition
To converge is to arrive at the same place from different starting points. Crowds converge on a stadium; rivers converge below a valley; in mathematics a series converges on a limit, and in biology unrelated species converge on the same design — wings, again and again. The word's quiet power is what it implies about the destination: when independent paths keep arriving at one point, the point starts to look less like coincidence and more like truth.
Examples
- Tens of thousands of fans converged on the square to celebrate the victory.
- The two rivers converge just north of the old bridge.
- After years of disagreement, the two theories began to converge on the same explanation.
Synonyms
meet · merge · intersect · unite · come together
In TOEFL & IELTS
Core TOEFL science vocabulary: plate boundaries converge in geology lectures, and 'convergent evolution' is a reading-passage classic. Learn it as a pair with its antonym 'diverge' — exam questions love the contrast. The noun is 'convergence'; in IELTS writing, 'opinions are converging' elegantly describes growing consensus.