verged (on)

verb

Definition of verged (on)next
past tense of verge (on)
1
as in joined
to be adjacent to our land verges on a wildlife refuge

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2
as in touched (on)
to come very close to being a comment that verged on an insult

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verged (on)
  1. joined
  2. seemed
  3. resembled
  4. surrounded
Verb
  • Additionally, five Los Angeles schools will be closed Wednesday, and a sixth school has temporarily relocated and joined with another.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Today, in light of a national reckoning with the legacy of slavery and its ongoing implications for Black Americans, Gibbons has joined forces with clergy and activists to change the building’s name entirely.
    Michael Snyder, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of joined
Verb
  • Initially, things seemed to go well.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • By 2017, though, the Swedish DJ seemed to have reignited his passion for songwriting — and was doing his best to look inward with the hopes of discovering the key to happiness.
    Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of seemed
Verb
  • New Orleans’ offense resembled a preseason roster on paper, and that’s not hyperbole.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • What these 28 events resembled was a strange and, until now, seemingly unique cosmic explosion called ASASSN-16oh, which was detected in 2016 by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae and which the team now thinks was a millinova.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of resembled
Verb
  • Chelsea’s head coach raised both hands above his head in sustained applause as Cole Palmer, having sized up ambitious passes through to Nicolas Jackson or Pedro Neto ahead of him but surrounded by Fulham bodies, instead opted to turn away and pass backwards, consolidating possession.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • His family said in an obituary that Meek died surrounded by family and friends.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of surrounded
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“Verged (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verged%20%28on%29. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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