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convergence

/kənˈvɜːdʒəns/

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

The inward turning of both eyes to keep a near object single and in focus.

Poor convergence can make the words seem to swim together during prolonged reading.

Topic: Optometry in Medical English

Business noun

The tendency of poorer economies to catch up with richer ones over time.

Membership promised income convergence, but the poorer regions lagged for a generation.

Topic: Economics in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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