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Dictionary: merge   (mûrj) pronunciation

v., merged, merg·ing, merg·es.

v.tr.
  1. To cause to be absorbed, especially in gradual stages.
  2. To combine or unite: merging two sets of data.
v.intr.
  1. To blend together, especially in gradual stages.
  2. To become combined or united. See synonyms at mix.

[Latin mergere, to plunge.]

mergence mer'gence n.

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1. Combine two or more lists or files by combining duplicate records into single records. Merging is normally done in conjunction with a purging process that eliminates undesirable names. See also merge/purge.

2. Financially combine two companies so that only one of the companies survives as a legal entity.

1. Combine two or more lists or files by combining duplicate records into single records. Merging is normally done in conjunction with a purging process that eliminates undesirable names.

2. Financially combine two companies so that only one of the companies survives as a legal entity.

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verb

    To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous: admix, amalgamate, blend, commingle, commix, fuse, intermingle, intermix, mingle, mix, stir1. See assemble/disassemble.

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v

Definition: bring or come together
Antonyms: divide, part, separate, split


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v

To produce a single sequence of items, ordered according to some rule, from two or more sequences previously ordered according to the same rule. Merging does not change the items in size, structure, or total number.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To blend with something else.

pronunciation Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. — Norman Maclean

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Contents

Merge, merging, or merger may mean:

Concepts

Computer science

  • Merge (revision control), combines simultaneously changed files in revision control
  • Merge (software) is a 'Virtual Machine Monitor' computer package for running MS-DOS or Windows 9x on x86 processors under UNIX
  • merge (SQL) is a Data Manipulation Language statement in SQL
  • Merge algorithm which combines two or more sorted lists into a single sorted one

Music

  • Merge Records, an indie-rock record label based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Merge (album) by Canadian musician Randy Bachman
  • Merge (band) 1st EP Air SelfServeMusic 1992(C) Indie rock band based in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Other

  • MERGE, the former name of ME Research UK, the UK charity funding biomedical research into Chronic fatigue syndrome
  • Merge (magazine), an Australian bi-monthly magazine

Translations: Merge
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - flette, sammenslutte, fusionere, forene, gå i ét med
v. intr. - forenes, sammensluttes, smeltes sammen

Nederlands (Dutch)
opgaan in, fuseren, samengaan, samenvoegen

Français (French)
v. tr. - incorporer qch en qch, mélanger
v. intr. - fusionner, se rejoindre, se confondre (des couleurs), se fondre avec

Deutsch (German)
v. - zusammengelegt werden, zusammenlaufen, fusionieren, sich zusammenschließen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συγχωνεύω/-ομαι, απορροφώ/-όμαι, γίνομαι σιγά-σιγά, (Η/Υ) αναμιγνύω

Italiano (Italian)
incorporarsi, fondersi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fundir, imergir, ser absorvido

Русский (Russian)
поглощать, погружаться, соединять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - unir, confundir, combinar, fusionar
v. intr. - unirse, combinarse, integrarse en, fundirse, fusionarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - slå ihop, smälta ihop, gå över i

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使合并, 使同化, 使融合, 合并, 同化, 融合

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使合併, 使同化, 使融合
v. intr. - 合併, 同化, 融合

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 합치다, 집중하다
v. intr. - 융합하다, 결혼하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 合併する, 溶け込む, 同化する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدمج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מיזג‬
v. intr. - ‮התמזג, נבלע, נטמע, השתנה בהדרגה‬


 
 
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