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merge

  • /mɜːd͡ʒ/ UK
  • /mɝd͡ʒ/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ

Where it comes from

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

verb merges · merging · merged

  1. intransitive, transitive To combine into a whole. Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
  2. intransitive, transitive To combine two or more versions of a file into one file, especially using a version control system.
  3. To blend gradually into something else. The lanes of traffic merged.

noun merges

  1. The joining together of multiple sources. There are often accidents at that traffic merge.
  2. Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction

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