merge
merge Lexical Profile
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• verb
To combine or cause to combine so as to form a single entity, organization, or unified whole.
"The two regional airlines decided to merge in order to reduce operating costs and expand their routes."
To move or guide a vehicle into a stream of moving traffic, or for two or more traffic lanes or roads to join together.
"Drivers must check their mirrors and signal carefully before they merge onto the highway."
To blend or pass gradually from one state, color, or quality into another without a sharp boundary.
"In the distance, the deep blue of the ocean seemed to merge with the evening sky."
• noun
An act or instance of combining two or more things, especially traffic lanes, data files, or software code branches, into a single unified whole.
"The developer resolved several conflicts before completing the final code merge."
• Rhymes for merge
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century from Latin mergere, meaning 'to dip, plunge, or immerse in liquid'. The word originally meant to sink or swallow up in English before evolving into its modern sense of blending or combining into a single whole.