merging

1. 1.

   flowing together

   Synonymsconfluent

   Similarconvergent

Other forms of merging

plural

mergings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about merging

What does merging mean?

merging means "the act of joining together as one". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in merging?

merging has 2 syllables: mer-ging. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /ˈmɝdʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for merging?

Close synonyms include meeting, coming together, confluence, conflux, confluent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is merging a common word?

merging is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with merging?

1 word rhymes with merging. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.