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# merge

verb (merge, merges, merged, merging); noun (a merge)

«merge» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To merge is to join together to become one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/#m1)
2. When traffic merges, two lanes join into one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/#m2)
3. On a computer, to merge files or cells is to put them together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: roads, rivers, companies and schools merge. In computing: merge cells in a table. In maths, merging groups means adding them. Phrases: merge into, merge with.

### Examples

- The two rivers merge to form a bigger one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/#x1)
- The schools will merge next year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/#x2)
- Cars must merge into one lane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/#x3)
- Merge these two cells in the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/#x4)
- The colours merged together in the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/#x5)
- Two clubs merged to make one big team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/#x6)

### Note

Past: merged. Noun: a merger (for companies). In a maths problem, if a class of 12 merges with a class of 15, there are 12 + 15 = 27 pupils.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «merge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/merge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«merge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/merge.html) on Mova free.