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It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this confluence be a one-way street.
Paul Davies

Meaning of "convergence" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONVERGENCE

convergence  [kənˈvɜːdʒəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONVERGENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Convergence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONVERGENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of convergence in the English dictionary

The first definition of convergence in the dictionary is Also called: convergency. the act, degree, or a point of converging. Other definition of convergence is concurrence of opinions, results, etc. Convergence is also the property or manner of approaching a finite limit, esp of an infinite series.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONVERGENCE


allegiance
əˈliːdʒəns
centrifugence
ˌsɛntrɪˈfjuːdʒəns
detergence
dɪˈtɜːdʒəns
diligence
ˈdɪlɪdʒəns
divergence
daɪˈvɜːdʒəns
egence
ˈiːdʒəns
emergence
ɪˈmɜːdʒəns
immergence
ɪˈmɜːdʒəns
insurgence
ɪnˈsɜːdʒəns
intelligence
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns
mergence
ˈmɜːdʒəns
negligence
ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəns
postemergence
ˌpəʊstɪˈmɜːdʒəns
preemergence
ˌpriːɪˈmɜːdʒəns
resurgence
rɪˈsɜːdʒəns
submergence
səbˈmɜːdʒəns
upsurgence
ʌpˈsɜːdʒəns
urgence
ˈɜːdʒəns
vengeance
ˈvɛndʒəns
vergence
ˈvɜːdʒəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONVERGENCE

converge
convergence zone
convergency
convergent
convergent evolution
convergent thinking
converging
conversable
conversableness
conversably
conversance
conversancy
conversant
conversantly
conversation
conversation class
conversation piece
conversation stopper
conversational
conversational implicature

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONVERGENCE

actionable intelligence
artificial intelligence
at your convenience
birefringence
contingence
counterintelligence
criminal negligence
effulgence
emotional intelligence
exigence
gross negligence
indigence
intransigence
machine intelligence
marketing intelligence
misintelligence
overindulgence
re-emergence
self-indulgence
social intelligence
swarm intelligence

Synonyms and antonyms of convergence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONVERGENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «convergence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of convergence

Translation of «convergence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONVERGENCE

Find out the translation of convergence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of convergence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «convergence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

趋同性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

convergencia
570 millions of speakers

English

convergence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभिसरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التقارب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конвергенция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

convergência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিসৃতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

convergence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penumpuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Annäherung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一体化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수렴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Konvergensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hội tụ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூடுகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अभिसरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yakınsama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

convergenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

konwergencji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

конвергенція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

convergență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύγκλισης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

konvergensie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

konvergens
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konvergens
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of convergence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONVERGENCE»

The term «convergence» is very widely used and occupies the 16.913 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONVERGENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «convergence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «convergence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about convergence

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONVERGENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word convergence.
1
Marc Benioff
The world is being re-shaped by the convergence of social, mobile, cloud, big data, community and other powerful forces. The combination of these technologies unlocks an incredible opportunity to connect everything together in a new way and is dramatically transforming the way we live and work.
2
Italo Calvino
A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.
3
Steve Crocker
Seriously, we are in the midst of the convergence of voice and data and that is challenging the infrastructure of the telephone companies. There are huge commercial interests in the basic technology, but even more so in content delivery and control of content.
4
Paul Davies
It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that the answer to cancer will lie. Nor will this confluence be a one-way street.
5
Noreena Hertz
The global policy shift toward neo-liberalism that took place during the 1980s and 1990s was supposed, according to its proponents, to bring a convergence of living standards of richer and poorer nations. This never actually happened.
6
Walid Jumblatt
The Islamic State is a threat to both the moderate Islam headed by Mr. Saad al-Hariri and, of course, for Hezbollah. There is a convergence, an anxiety of a common enemy... which is good.
7
Natalie Massenet
I think there will be an increasing convergence between content and commerce, that it will be about following consumers instead of making consumers come to you, and I am especially excited about the various platforms that will allow more and more access to customers.
8
Jean-Marie Messier
I was a very early believer in the idea of convergence.
9
Pratibha Patil
My government will make efforts to realize the farming potential of rain-fed and dry land areas by ensuring healthy participation by all stakeholders and convergence of various government sponsored programs.
10
Jesse Schell
I jokingly call this convergence of games into reality the 'Gamepocalypse:' the moment when every moment of life is actually a game.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONVERGENCE»

Discover the use of convergence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to convergence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
He shows us how The Matrix has pushed transmedia storytelling to new levels, creating a fictional world where consumers track down bits of the story across multiple media channels.Jenkins argues that struggles over convergence will redefine ...
Henry Jenkins, 2006
2
Competing in the Age of Digital Convergence
The essays in this important collection reveal that the key to success for companies competing in the new digital world will not be to engineer big technological breakthroughs but rather to develop new products and services by creatively ...
David B. Yoffie, 1997
3
Convergence
She must come to terms with his dark past and decide if their love is true or merely a mystic Convergence. About the Author: Kayci Reid resides in Emerald, Central Queensland, Australia. She is working on her next novel.
Kayci Reid, 2012
4
Convergence
The feathery white ribbons in the sky above Adams County, Pennsylvania, were nothing unusual—just the common vapor trail evidence of high-flying jet aircraft.
Thomas Settimi, 2007
5
Convergence of Productivity: Cross-National Studies and ...
This collection of original articles reviews the current state of knowledge concerning the convergence hypothesis.
William J. Baumol, 1994
6
The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a ...
The Next Convergence is certain to spark a heated debate how best to move forward in the post-crisis period and reset the balance between national and international economic interests, and short-term fixes and long-term sustainability.
Michael Spence, 2011
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Convergence
Even if it costs him the one bond closest to his heart—the love he and Rabbit still share. Warning: This book contains Lynx-napping, futuristic farming, eavesdropping (minus the eaves), daring escapes, bloody battles, and Pack sex.
Ally Blue, 2011
8
Ricky Tims Convergence Quilts: Mysterious, Magical, Easy, ...
Become a fabulous quilt artist - the fun, easy way! Popular quilting expert Ricky Tims presents an imaginative, new piecing technique that quilters will adore!
Ricky Tims, 2010
9
An Introduction to G-Convergence
N. D. A. M. ) during the spring of 1987. This text is far from being a treatise on r -convergence and its appli cations.
Gianni Dal Maso, 1993
10
Convergence of Probability Measures
A new look at weak-convergence methods in metric spaces-from a master of probability theory In this new edition, Patrick Billingsley updates his classic work Convergence of Probability Measures to reflect developments of the past thirty ...
Patrick Billingsley, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONVERGENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term convergence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Indonesia's ADSKOM Raises Series A Investment from Geniee …
The two other firms participating in the round were Convergence Ventures in Indonesia, and existing investor East Ventures. With the newly ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
2
Tom Eblen: Convergence of gay rights and civil rights proves …
Like other conservative churches, many historically black congregations are unhappy with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that legalized ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
3
The EMV and Mobile Payments Convergence
If there's one thing that Apple Pay has shown the payments industry at large, it's that security and convenience do not have to be diametrically ... «Payment Week, Jul 15»
4
Telemedicine and M-Health Convergence Market Size, Share …
WinterGreen Research announces that it has published a new study Telemedicine and M-Health Convergence Market, Shares, Strategies and ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
5
The Brave New World of Healthcare Convergence
Convergence has occurred rapidly in the tech world. Think of how you dumped your Flip handheld HD video camera in favor of the smartphone ... «Medical Device and Diagnostics Industry, Jul 15»
6
StratOS Kickstarter Project Claims Full Mobile Convergence with …
The problem is that a lot of developers across the world are trying to make this convergence happen, and it's a very difficult task that takes years ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
7
Chile insists with Pacific Alliance/Mercosur intelligent convergence
Chile will insist at the two-day Pacific Alliance summit which took off on Wednesday in Paracas, Peru, that a convergence with Mercosur is ... «MercoPress, Jul 15»
8
Convergence Between Television and Telecommunications …
Luanda — A convergence between the sectors of television and telecommunications was recommended, with a view to an interaction of ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Rare celestial 'convergence' in the skies tonight
We'll be treated to a celestial event in the night sky starting this evening across the Susquehanna Valley. A rare near-alignment of Jupiter and ... «WGAL Lancaster, Jun 15»
10
Peace Convergence questions use of Heron drones usage
THE Rockhampton Peace Convergence has condemned the use of Heron ... technology" said Peace Convergence spokesperson Greg Rolles. «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jun 15»

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