Meaning & use

Merged

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Combined or joined together to form a single entity (past tense of merge).

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The two software companies merged after months of negotiation.

The narrow country road merged with the highway just past the bridge.

A note on using this word

Widely used in business to describe when two companies unite, as in a 'merger,' as well as in everyday contexts like traffic lanes merging.

Words with a similar meaning

combinedunited

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Words with an opposite meaning

separatedsplit

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