Antonyms for converging


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-vurj
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈvɜrdʒ


Definition of converging

Origin :
  • 1690s, from Late Latin convergere "to incline together" from com- "together" (see com-) + vergere "to bend" (see verge (v.)). Related: Converged; converging.
  • verb gather
Example sentences :
  • The river on the right, and the hill on the left of him were converging.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • As if that were not enough, the converging players pounced upon them.
  • Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Better than fifteen hundred men were converging on the spot.
  • Extract from : « Despoilers of the Golden Empire » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • I would take him off the converging roads while yet Oxford was unseen.
  • Extract from : « Oxford » by Frederick Douglas How
  • Converging upon him simultaneously, they hoped to surround and destroy him.
  • Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.
  • They were all closing in on him, converging on Guadalajara by every available road.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • It was more and more impressed upon me that they were approaching, converging.
  • Extract from : « Embarrassments » by Henry James
  • The white men, retreating, were converging on the front door of the blockhouse.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • I suppose it's just chance, but enemies are converging on us.
  • Extract from : « The Great Sioux Trail » by Joseph Altsheler
  • At the edge of the bed and at the entrance two pairs of converging poles are erected.
  • Extract from : « The Central Eskimo » by Franz Boas

Synonyms for converging

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