merge

fusionner

S’unir pour ne former qu’un seul ensemble, ou réunir plusieurs choses en un seul ensemble.

En anglais simple : If things do this, they join to become one thing; you can also join them yourself.

• The companies plan to merge.
• She merged the two files.
• Can we merge these departments into one?

Comment l'utiliser : merge A with B (Merge this file with the older version.); merge into something (The two companies merged into one business.)

Synonymes : combine, join, unite

Contraires : separate, split

Expressions courantes : merge two files, merge with something, merge into something, merge two teams

se fondre, se rejoindre

Se mêler progressivement à autre chose jusqu’à ne former qu’un seul ensemble.

En anglais simple : To gradually join or blend with something else until they become one.

• The two lanes merge here.
• The colours merged into a soft green.
• Wait for a gap before you merge into traffic.

Comment l'utiliser : merge into something (The path merges into the main road.); merge with something (The stream merges with a larger river.)

Synonymes : blend, join

Expressions courantes : merge into traffic, merge with something, colours merge

fusion, jonction

Réunion de choses séparées, ou endroit où elles se rejoignent.

En anglais simple : The joining of separate things, or the place where they join.

• Slow down before the merge.
• The file merge combined data from both sources.
• Drivers often hesitate at this traffic merge.

Synonymes : joining, junction

Expressions courantes : traffic merge, file merge, at the merge