merging

Thân thiện

The two rivers are merging into one larger river.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Flowing together, blending: Describes things that are coming together or combining into a unified whole, often smoothly or gradually.

2. Noun:

   • The act or process of joining or combining: Refers to the event or action of two or more separate entities uniting into one.
   • A flowing together, a confluence: Can describe the point where two streams or elements meet and blend.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:

  • The merging lanes on the highway require careful driving. (The lanes that are coming together require careful driving.)
  • We observed the merging colors in the sunset. (We observed the colors that were blending together in the sunset.)

• Noun:

  • The merging of our departments will create a stronger team. (The act of joining our departments will create a stronger team.)
  • The river's beauty is at the merging of its two main tributaries. (The river's beauty is at the point where its two main tributaries flow together.)

Advanced Usage

• "In the process of merging": Currently undergoing combination.

  • The two companies are in the process of merging. (The two companies are currently undergoing the act of joining together.)

• "Merging of interests": The combination of different concerns or goals.

  • The project succeeded due to a successful merging of interests. (The project succeeded due to a successful combination of different concerns.)

Variants and Related Words

• Merge (verb): To combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.
  • The two roads merge ahead.
• Merger (noun): A combination of two things, especially companies, into one.
  • The corporate merger was announced yesterday.

Synonyms

• Combination (noun): The act of combining or state of being combined.
• Confluence (noun): The junction of two rivers, or a coming together.
• Integration (noun): The action or process of integrating.

Antonyms

• Division (noun): The action of separating something into parts.
• Separation (noun): The process of moving or being moved apart.

Related Phrases

• Merging traffic: Traffic from two or more roads joining into a single stream.
  • Yield to merging traffic.
• Merging of ideas: The blending or synthesis of different concepts.
  • The new theory is a merging of ideas from physics and philosophy.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. flowing together

Noun

1. a flowing together
2. the act of joining together as one
   • the merging of the two groups occurred quickly
   • there was no meeting of minds

Từ đồng nghĩa

• confluent
• merging
• confluence
• conflux
• meeting
• coming together