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Converge

To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.

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Verb group 8

Adjoin 84% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Adjoin 84% connected

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Contact 84% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Contact 84% connected

A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Meet 84% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Meet 84% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Touch 84% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Touch 84% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 12

Approach 76% connected

To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Arrive 76% connected

To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assemble 76% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Come 76% connected

of Come

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foregather 76% connected

Same as Forgather.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forgather 76% connected

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Merge 76% connected

To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unify 76% connected

To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unite 76% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Breast 76% connected

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Concentrate 76% connected

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Convergency 74% connected

The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Convergency 74% connected

The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Convergent 74% connected

tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Convergent 74% connected

tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Meet 92% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Diverge 94% connected

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Diverge 94% connected

To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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