to merge
- verb
- /mɜrdʒ/
- Will they remain separate areas, or will they all be merged under the auspices of the new office?
- merge into one
- merge the two
- merge data
And in so doing, shark DNA merges with dragon DNA.
- And in so doing, shark DNA merges with dragon DNA.
- And it had to sort of merge into one thing.
- You can't go and merge with all your competitors.
- And now that Liv owns PGA or is merged with PGA, guess what?
- So let's just merge the two and say, OK, So what?
- So let's see if we can kind of merge those two ideas together.
- But that's when I kind of merge into my whole acting, singing life.
- Don't leave it up to individuals to decide when to merge into that fast going highway.
- So he says Now what's going to happen when desire merges with reason?
- Well, when desire merges with reason, then we will reason instead of desiring.
Examples
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They plan to merge the two departments to improve efficiency.
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The Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego Metroplex merged in 2011.
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And it had to sort of merge into one thing.
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So we're going to have to merge some of my friends.
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We'll try to merge the changes as as best we can.
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And actually one style can merge into another.
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So let's see if we can kind of merge those two ideas together.
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And then at another point there's two lanes that merge into one lane.
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Then you'll put your turn signal on and very slowly and carefully merge into traffic.
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The horse's nose touched its image hesitantly, then merged in as though walking into a mirror.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose
To make something by joining parts, like a model, plan or team
To mix two or more things into one
To combine two or more things so they become one
To mix things so they become one or look good together
To join things or ideas so they form one whole
To bring people or things together into one group
To join several things into one whole
To join different things to make one thing
To come together or bring things together
To mix things so they become one
Come together to form one group or whole
To mix different things into one
To join several groups or parts to make one
To mix two or more things to make one thing
To mix different things closely together, like threads or melodies
To join things together again after they were separated
Join things together in a row, often pieces of text like words or lines
To join two or more things into one
To mix different things together into one
To put different things together so they become one
To gather different things into one group
Antonyms
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
How Joined
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word merge comes from the Latin mergere, which meant 'to dip' or 'to sink', and you can see the same root in submerge and immerse. Imagine two streams 'sinking' into each other to become one, which is why to merge is to join things together.