merged

Everyday

1. Merged is the past form of «merge»: joined together into one. tree →
2. As an adjective, merged means already joined, like a merged class. tree →

In the lessons

Used in stories, news and maths problems about things that have joined.

Examples

• The two roads merged near the bridge. tree →
• Our class merged with Year 5 for the trip. tree →
• The merged company is very big. tree →
• The colours merged into a muddy brown. tree →
• The two streams merged and flowed to the sea. tree →
• We used merged cells for the title of the table. tree →

Note

See «merge». Spelling: merge + d (the e is already there). In a maths problem, merged groups are added together.