Meanings
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1
verb
To join or combine two or more things into one.
The two companies decided to merge into a single firm.
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2
verb
To blend gradually so that the separate parts can no longer be told apart.
The two lanes of traffic merged into one.
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3
noun
The act of joining two or more things together.
There are often accidents at that traffic merge.
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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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