MERGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does merge mean? 

• MERGE (verb)
  The verb MERGE has 3 senses:

1. become one

2. mix together different elements

3. join or combine

  Familiarity information: MERGE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MERGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they merge    ... he / she / it merges   
Past simple: merged   
Past participle: merged   
-ing form: merging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become one

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

merge; unify; unite

Context example:

the cells merge

Hypernyms (to "merge" is one way to...):

integrate (become one; become integrated)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "merge"):

consolidate (unite into one)

consubstantiate (become united in substance)

syncretise; syncretize (unite (beliefs or conflicting principles))

converge (come together so as to form a single product)

federalise; federalize; federate (enter into a league for a common purpose)

coalesce (fuse or cause to grow together)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

merger (the combination of two or more commercial companies)

merging (the act of joining together as one)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mix together different elements

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix

Context example:

The colors blend well

Hypernyms (to "merge" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "merge"):

syncretise; syncretize (become fused)

alloy (make an alloy of)

admix (mix or blend)

conjugate (unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds)

accrete (grow together (of plants and organs))

blend in; mix in (cause (something) to be mixed with (something else))

meld; melt (lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually)

absorb (cause to become one with)

gauge (mix in specific proportions)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Join or combine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

merge; unify; unite

Context example:

We merged our resources

Hypernyms (to "merge" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "merge"):

weld (unite closely or intimately)

consubstantiate (unite in one common substance)

consolidate (bring together into a single whole or system)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

merger (the combination of two or more commercial companies)

merger (an occurrence that involves the production of a union)

 Context examples 

My dream was very peculiar, and was almost typical of the way that waking thoughts become merged in, or continued in, dreams.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Merged with the Division of Basic Sciences in January, 2001 to form the Center for Cancer Research

(Division of Clinical Sciences, NCI Thesaurus)

Ultimately, myoblasts merge to create one large cell.

(Researchers Discovered Proteins Essential to Development of Skeletal Muscle, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

All merged in my friendship, Sophia.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The presence of two such monsters at the center of a single galaxy means that the galaxy merged with another some time in the past.

(First-Ever Black-Hole 'Visual Binary' Revealed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Based on these facts, and other indicators, researchers recently proposed that the icy moons formed from ring particles and then moved outward, away from the planet, merging with other moons on the way.

(Possible New Moon Forming Around Saturn, NASA)

For the first time, researchers surveyed the local universe for galaxies likely to host these binaries, then predicted which black hole pairs are the likeliest to merge and be detected while doing so.

(Listening for Gravitational Waves Using Pulsars, NASA)

Results of two imaging modalities after a registration process is used to merge these.

(Fused Image, NCI Thesaurus)

NDC codes change often as companies merge, new products are introduced, and drugs are retired.

(FDA National Drug Code, NCI Thesaurus)

“Depending on that, we think this pair will collide and merge into one black hole in as little as 350 years or as much as 360,000 years.”

(Giant Black Hole Pair Photobombs Andromeda Galaxy, NASA)