merge

If things do this, they join to become one thing; you can also join them yourself.

• The companies plan to merge.
• She merged the two files.
• Can we merge these departments into one?

How to use it: merge A with B (Merge this file with the older version.); merge into something (The two companies merged into one business.)

Similar words: combine, join, unite

Opposites: separate, split

Common phrases: merge two files, merge with something, merge into something, merge two teams

To gradually join or blend with something else until they become one.

• The two lanes merge here.
• The colours merged into a soft green.
• Wait for a gap before you merge into traffic.

How to use it: merge into something (The path merges into the main road.); merge with something (The stream merges with a larger river.)

Similar words: blend, join

Common phrases: merge into traffic, merge with something, colours merge

The joining of separate things, or the place where they join.

• Slow down before the merge.
• The file merge combined data from both sources.
• Drivers often hesitate at this traffic merge.

Similar words: joining, junction

Common phrases: traffic merge, file merge, at the merge