US /mɝd͡ʒ/ UK /mɜːd͡ʒ/
verb noun Freq #11488

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To join or combine two or more things into one.

    The two companies decided to merge into a single firm.

  2. 2
    verb

    To blend gradually so that the separate parts can no longer be told apart.

    The two lanes of traffic merged into one.

  3. 3
    noun

    The act of joining two or more things together.

    There are often accidents at that traffic merge.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to join or combine two or... unitecombineamalgamateblend
2 verb · to blend gradually so that... blendcoalesce
More mergermerging
Word family
Forms mergedmergesmerging
Derived forms commergedemergematch-mergemerge-purgemergeabilitymergeablemergeburstmergeemergermergesortmergismmergist

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).

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