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MERGE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Join or combine

Example:

We merged our resources

Synonyms:

merge; unify; unite

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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"):

consolidate (bring together into a single whole or system)

weld (unite closely or intimately)

consubstantiate (unite in one common substance)

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become one

Example:

the cells merge

Synonyms:

merge; unify; unite

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 3

Meaning:

Mix together different elements

Example:

The colors blend well

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

Credits

 Context examples: 

In 2001 NWTSG was merged into the Children's Oncology Group.

(National Wilms' Tumor Study Group, NCI Thesaurus)

Then, on one side and the other, she ran along the base of the wall to where its abrupt bulk merged from the softer-lined landscape.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The same short, broad figure, the same heavy shoulders, the same forward hang of the arms, the same bristling beard merging itself in the hairy chest.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It contains two galaxies that are merging, creating a partially blended mix of stars from each galaxy in the process.

(Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash, NASA)

Computer simulations have shown that 16% of pairs of supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies will have interacted with a third supermassive black hole before they merge.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)

The story of the cultivated peanut begins several thousand years ago in South America, where the genomes of two wild ancestors, A. duranensis and A. ipaensis, merged in a rare genetic event.

(Peanut Genome Sequenced with Unprecedent Accuracy, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Bilateral tubes formed by the joining of the vas deferens and the excretory duct of the seminal vesicle which merge into the urethra after passing through the prostate.

(Ejaculatory Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in a P wave or QRS complex that displays merged characteristics of beats originating from the two different sites.

(Fusion Complex, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Simplify your complicated interests, feelings, thoughts, wishes, aims; merge all considerations in one purpose: that of fulfilling with effect—with power—the mission of your great Master.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This figure, of the corner hoodlum, he saw merge into himself, sitting and talking with an actual university professor.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)