diverge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.

noun

A point where a lane branches off from the main flow.

Pronunciation

/daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/ /dɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diverge.wav /dɪˈvɝd͡ʒ/ /daɪˈvɝd͡ʒ/ /dɑeˈvɜːd͡ʒ/ /daɪˈvøːd͡ʒ/ [dɑe̯ˈvøːd͡ʒ]

Word forms

diverge diverges diverging diverged

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).

Antonyms

converge

Derived words

codiverge divergement divergence divergent

Translations

Armenian: տարամիտել Bulgarian: отклонявам се Catalan: divergir Dutch: divergeren Dutch: uiteenwijken Dutch: uiteenlopen Esperanto: diverĝi Finnish: erkaantua Finnish: erkanee Finnish: erota French: diverger German: divergieren German: auseinandergehen German: auseinander gehen German: auseinanderstreben German: auseinanderlaufen German: auseinanderbewegen German: auseinanderklaffen German: sich auseinanderentwickeln German: abbiegen German: sich teilen German: abweichen German: sich entfernen von Greek: αποκλίνω Hungarian: elágazik Hungarian: szétágazik Hungarian: különválik Hungarian: szétválik Hungarian: elválik Hungarian: eltér Māori: tihoi Māori: tangongi Polish: rozchodzić się Polish: rozbiegać się Polish: rozdzielać się Portuguese: divergir Russian: отклоня́ться Russian: расходи́ться Sanskrit: ह्वरति Spanish: divergir

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