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Added 10 October 2026

merge

/mɜːd͡ʒ/ verb

Latin root: mergō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about merge at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To combine into a whole.
Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions.
To combine two or more versions of a file into one file, especially using a version control system.
To blend gradually into something else.
The lanes of traffic merged.

noun

The joining together of multiple sources.
There are often accidents at that traffic merge.
Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction

Origin

Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”).

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