merge
merge /m'ɜːrdʒ/ (merges merging merged)
1 [V-RECIP] V with n, pl-n V, pl-n V into n, V pl-n, V n with n, also V pl-n into n
If one thing merges with another, or is merged with another, they combine or come together to make one whole thing. You can also say that two things merge, or are merged.
Bank of America merged with a rival bank...
The rivers merge just north of a vital irrigation system...
The two countries merged into one...
He sees sense in merging the two agencies while both are new...
Then he showed me how to merge the graphic with text on the same screen.
2 [V-RECIP] V into n, V with n, pl-n V
If one sound, colour, or object merges into another, the first changes so gradually into the second that you do not notice the change.
Like a chameleon, he could merge unobtrusively into the background...
His features merged with the darkness...
Night and day begin to merge.mail merge
[N-UNCOUNT]
Mail merge is a word processing procedure which enables you to combine a document with a data file, for example a list of names and addresses, so that copies of the document are different for each person it is sent to. (COMPUTING)
He sent every member of staff a mail-merge letter wishing them a merry Christmas!
1 [V-RECIP] V with n, pl-n V, pl-n V into n, V pl-n, V n with n, also V pl-n into n
If one thing merges with another, or is merged with another, they combine or come together to make one whole thing. You can also say that two things merge, or are merged.
Bank of America merged with a rival bank...
The rivers merge just north of a vital irrigation system...
The two countries merged into one...
He sees sense in merging the two agencies while both are new...
Then he showed me how to merge the graphic with text on the same screen.
2 [V-RECIP] V into n, V with n, pl-n V
If one sound, colour, or object merges into another, the first changes so gradually into the second that you do not notice the change.
Like a chameleon, he could merge unobtrusively into the background...
His features merged with the darkness...
Night and day begin to merge.mail merge
[N-UNCOUNT]
Mail merge is a word processing procedure which enables you to combine a document with a data file, for example a list of names and addresses, so that copies of the document are different for each person it is sent to. (COMPUTING)
He sent every member of staff a mail-merge letter wishing them a merry Christmas!