merge

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   join or combine

   We merged our resources

2. 2
   verb

   To combine into a whole.

   Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.

3. 3
   verb

   To blend gradually into something else.

   The lanes of traffic merged.

4. 4
   noun

   The joining together of multiple sources.

   There are often accidents at that traffic merge.

5. 5
   verb

   become one

6. 6
   verb

   mix together different elements

7. 7
   noun

   Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction

Etymology

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