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merge

murj
verb
1
To combine two or more things into one.
"The two companies decided to merge after years of competing for the same customers."
"Please merge these two documents into a single file."
2
To blend gradually into something else, often used of traffic, colours, or sounds.
"The side road merges into the motorway just past the bridge."

How to Use Merge

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo join two or more things together so they become one.

Common pairings
merge lanes merge companies merge files

Word Forms

merged past tense, merges plural, merges singular

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Etymology

From Latin mergere, "to dip or plunge into" — the idea of one thing being absorbed into another.

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