merge
merged; merging; merges
The verb merge means to seamlessly join something. For example, when you merge onto the highway, you need to smoothly join the traffic, forgetting everything you learned riding the bumper cars at the fair.
If two or more things become one, they merge. If your favorite deli, The Cheese Stop, merges with a sandwich shop called Chez Lui, the two restaurants might also merge their names, becoming Chez Cheese. You can also use merge when things only appear to blend. You know it's time to go to sleep when the words in your book begin to merge together.
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mix together different elements
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gauge
mix in specific proportions
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absorb
cause to become one with
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meld, melt
lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
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blend in, mix in
cause (something) to be mixed with (something else)
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accrete
grow together (of plants and organs)
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conjugate
unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds
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admix
mix or blend
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alloy
make an alloy of
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syncretise, syncretize
become fused
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cut in
mix in with cutting motions
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type of:
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change integrity
change in physical make-up
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join or combine“We merged our resources”
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consolidate
bring together into a single whole or system
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weld
unite closely or intimately
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consubstantiate
unite in one common substance
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consolidate
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become one“the cells merge”
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Antonyms:
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break apart, disunify
break up or separate
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consolidate
unite into one
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consubstantiate
become united in substance
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syncretise, syncretize
unite (beliefs or conflicting principles)
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converge
come together so as to form a single product
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federalise, federalize, federate
enter into a league for a common purpose
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coalesce
fuse or cause to grow together
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clog, clot
coalesce or unite in a mass
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integrate
become one; become integrated
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break apart, disunify
Vocabulary lists containing merge
This list covers Eleanor Roosevelt, "Names/Nombres," It’s Not About the Bike, and "23 Days in July."
In this thought-provoking exploration of bias and injustice, a twelve-year-old boy meets the ghost of Emmett Till (an African-American teen who was lynched in 1955) in the afterlife.
This list focuses on global management (Part 2, Chapter 8). Here are links to all the chapters in Part 2, Planning: Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8 Here are links to all the parts of the textbook published by South-Western Cengage Learning: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
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