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to reconverge

to reconverge

7.8
To meet again after being apart
  • verb
  • /ˌriːkənˈvɜrdʒ/
translation icon : reunirse
  • If access to the intersection is impossible, we will reconverge at Oakland Public Library (14th and Madison).

Examples

  • Instead, the novel revisits staples of Irish identity such as faith and missionary work, alcoholism, and the social division of gender roles, from the perspective of a family who hail from County Clare, rather than Dublin, and then fan out as far as Mali and Canada, only to reconverge temporarily for Christmas 2005.

    Academic text (2018)
  • What is missing, and I think you touched upon this, is the ability to break into parallel code and reconverge when you need it.

    Blog text (25)
  • After exploring different parts of the city, we agreed to reconverge at the café by the park.

  • The two paths in the forest initially diverged, but they will reconverge near the river.

  • Once their discussions concluded, the group decided to reconverge in the main hall for the final presentation.

Synonyms

to reunite
vsto reconverge
138 3.2

To bring people or things back together after being apart

is about meeting again after separation, not necessarily restoring previous relations
to reconnect
vsto reconverge
86 3.7

Join things or people again after they were apart

is about physically or spatially coming together again rather than restoring links
to rejoin
vsto reconverge
70 3.5

Come back together with someone or something after being apart

is about two or more things coming together again rather than entering a group
to reconvene
vsto reconverge
  • Formal
25 6.1

To meet again after a break

is about coming together again naturally, not specifically for formal meetings
to reintegrate
vsto reconverge
14 6.2

To bring a person back into a group or society after being away

is about coming together again in space or time, not formal reintegration
to reconsolidate
vsto reconverge
1 7.4

To bring separate parts back together into one group

is about meeting again physically, not about creating one combined whole
to regather
vsto reconverge
1 3.9

To bring people or things back together after they separate

is focused on coming together again rather than collecting scattered elements

Antonyms

19 6.8

To move apart and also become different, like roads or opinions

How Close

to fuse
44 3.9
to merge
192 3.2
to reconverge
7.8
to approach
532 2.1

Surface Forms

reconverge infinitive
reconverged past participle
reconverging present participle
reconverges third person singular

Morphology

reconverge = converge (transparent) = re + converge

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of the action in 'converge': to converge again.

Etymology

Reconverge is made of the parts re- meaning 'again' and converge meaning 'to come together', so to reconverge is to come together again after being apart.