merger

Syllables: merg·er/ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/US/ˈmɝ.d͡ʒɚ/

merger noun: one that merges.

Noun (1)

merger (plural mergers)

One that merges.

Noun (2)

merger (plural mergers)

The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
- Club mergers reduced the number of teams by half
The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
- The company has had some success with its EV offerings, such as the Nissan Leaf, an asset it brought to the table in merger discussions.
  EV development costs have created a powerful incentive for carmakers to explore mergers as a way to share the financial burden, according to analysts.2025 February 13, Juliana Liu and Junko Ogura, “Carmakers Nissan and Honda call off merger talks”, in CNN
An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.
A type of sound change where two or more sounds merge into one.
- the cot-caught merger
- If the presence of *θ in Sardinian words of Punic origin is indeed taken as evidence for an affricated realization of Semitic *z, this implies that the variety of Punic, that was the source of the Sardinian punicisms, did not exhibit the merger of Semitic *s, *z, *ṣ, *ś into /s/.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 394

merger meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

merger in Hindi

the act or process of merging: विलय vilay
the legal union of two or more corporations: विलय vilay
an absorption into one estate, contract etc.: विलय vilay

merger in Tamil

இணைப்பு, சேர்க்கை

merger in Marathi

विलीनीकरण, विलिनीकरण

merger in Urdu

انضمام, وحدت, ضم ہونا, باہم گھل مل جانا

More languagesFewer languages

merger in Bengali: সমবায়, সম্মেলন, মিল
merger in Telugu: విలీనం, విలీనము
merger in Malayalam: ലയനം layanaṁ
merger in Kannada: ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ
merger in Gujarati: વિલિનીકરણ, વિલિનિકરણ
merger in Nepali: विलय, मर्जर, विलिनीकरण
merger in Arabic: اِنْدِمَاج indimāj
merger in Indonesian: penggabungan
merger in Persian: ادغام edġâm

Examples of merger in a sentence

Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.
With the company merger out of sight, the bankruptcy will proceed.
The regulators used antitrust laws to block the merger, believing it would eliminate competition.

All 40 example sentences with merger

Synonyms of merger

Antonyms

division

Forms of merger

plural	mergers

Plural of merger: mergers

Origin of merger

From merge + -er.

From Anglo-Norman merger (verb used as noun).

Words that rhyme with merger

Questions about merger

What does merger mean?: Merger means one that merges.
What is merger in Hindi?: Merger in Hindi is विलय (vilay). See Merger meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is merger?: Merger is a noun.
How do you pronounce merger?: Merger is pronounced /ˈmɜː.d͡ʒə/ (UK).
What is the plural of merger?: The plural of merger is mergers.

Words near merger in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: merger (page history and authors); merger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); merger (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); merger (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); merger (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); merger (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ലയനം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); merger (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); merger (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); merger (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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