| Main Entry: | convergence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | union |
Synonyms: |
concurrence, confluence, meeting, merging |
| Concept: | [Motion nearer to] Convergence. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
convergence, confluence, concourse, conflux, congress, concurrence, concentration; convergency; appulse, meeting; corradiation., assemblage; resort (focus); asymptote.
-verbs
converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with; close with, close in upon; center round, center in; enter in; pour in., gather together, unite, concentrate, bring into a focus.
-adjectives
converging; convergent, confluent, concurrent; centripetal; asymptoptical, asymptoptic; confluxible.
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Antonyms: |
divergence |
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| Main Entry: | assemblage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gathering of people |
Synonyms: |
aggregation, assembly, association, collection, company, congregation, convergence, crowd, group, throng |
Antonyms: |
dispersal, scattering |
| Main Entry: | concentration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consolidation of effort |
Synonyms: |
absorption, amassing, application, assembly, bringing to bear, centering, centralization, close attention, clustering, coalescing, combination, compacting, compression, concern, congregation, consolidation, convergence, converging, debate, deliberation, fixing, flocking, focusing, heed, huddling, intensification, massing, narrowing, need, single-mindedness, study, unity |
| Main Entry: | concentration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aggregation |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, army, array, audience, band, cluster, collection, company, concourse, convergence, flock, group, herd, horde, mass, miscellany, mob, party |
Antonyms: |
dispersal, scattering, separation |
| Main Entry: | concourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd, group |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, assembly, collection, concursion, confluence, convergence, crush, gang, gathering, joining, junction, linkage, meeting, mob, multitude, rout, throng |
| Main Entry: | confluence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming together |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, assembly, concourse, concurrence, concursion, conflux, convergence, crowd, gathering, host, junction, meeting, mob, multitude, union |
| Main Entry: | influx |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flow, rush |
Synonyms: |
arrival, coming in, convergence, entrance, incursion, inflow, inpouring, inrush, introduction, inundation, invasion, penetration |
| Main Entry: | junction/juncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | link, connection |
Synonyms: |
alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, knee, linking, meeting, miter, mortise, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld |
| Main Entry: | junction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection |
Synonyms: |
alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, collocation, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, concursion, confluence, conjugation, consolidation, convergence, coupling, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, hookup, interface, intersection, joining, joint, juncture, knee, link, linking, meeting, miter, mortise, node, pivot, plug-in, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, tie-in, tie-up, union, weld |
| Notes: | junction means the place where two or more things come together while juncture means an event that occurs at a critical time or point in time when a critical decision must be made |