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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary merge \\ˈmərj\\ verb (merged ; merg·ing) ETYMOLOGY Latin mergere; akin to Sanskrit majjati he dives DATE 1636 transitive verb 1. archaic : to plunge or engulf in something : immerse 2. to cause to combine, unite, or coalesce 3. to blend gradually by stages that blur distinctions intransitive verb 1. to become combined into one 2. to blend or come together without abrupt change merging traffic Synonyms: see mix • mer·gence \\ˈmər-jən(t)s\\ noun English Etymology merge 1630s, "to plunge or sink in," from L. mergere "to dip, immerse," probably rhotacized from *mezgo, and cognate with Skt. majjati"dives under," Lith. mazgoju "to wash." Legal sense of "absorption of an estate, contract, etc. into another" is from 1726. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 merge merge / mE:dV; NAmE mE:rdV / verb1. ~ (with / into) sth | ~ A with B | ~ A and B (together) to combine or make two or more things combine to form a single thing (使)合并,结合,并入: ▪ [V] The banks are set to merge next year. 这几家银行准备明年合并。 His department will merge with mine. 他的部门将和我的合并。 The villages expanded and merged into one large town. 这些村庄扩大了并且结合成了一个大集镇。 Fact and fiction merge together in his latest thriller. 在他最近的惊险小说中,真实和虚构交织在一起。 The two groups have merged to form a new party. 两大组织合并组成一个新党。 ▪ [VN] His department will be merged with mine. 他的部门将和我的合并。 The company was formed by merging three smaller firms. 公司是由三家小公司合并组成的。 2. [V] if two things merge, or if one thing merges into another, the differences between them gradually disappear so that it is impossible to separate them 相融；融入；渐渐消失在某物中: The hills merged into the dark sky behind them. 山峦渐渐隐入背后漆黑的夜空之中。 IDIOMS ▪ merge into the 'background (of a person 人) to behave quietly when you are with a group of people so that they do not notice you 悄悄融入整体；不求闻达 OLT merge verb ⇨ combine (merge the two departments)⇨ touch 2 (The hills merged into the sky.) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged merge \ˈmərj, ˈmə̄j, ˈməij\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin mergere; akin to Sanskrit majjati he dives, Lithuanian mazgoti to wash transitive verb 1. obsolete : to plunge or engulf in a medium that wholly surrounds or absorbs : immerse 2. : to cause to be legally absorbed, sunk, or extinguished by merger 3. : to cause to combine, unite, or coalesce < planned to merge the two companies > 4. : to blend gradually : alter by transitional stages : blunt or destroy the distinctness of < individuality and uniqueness are merged and blurred — Norman Kelman > intransitive verb 1. : to become legally absorbed or extinguished by merger 2. : to become combined into one < the two banks merged to form an institution that dwarfed its nearest competitor > 3. : to blend or come together without abrupt change : lose identity by absorption or intermingling : pass gradually < long slopes of alluvial material spread out from the base of the mountains and merge into a plain — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington > < two streams of traffic merging to form the base of a gigantic Y > Synonyms: see mix |
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