English Explanatory Dictionary

diversify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
  2. To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks.

Pronunciation

/daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/ /dɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/ /daɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/ /dɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-diversify.wav

Word forms

diversify diversifies diversifying diversified

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French diversifier, equivalent to diverse + -ify.

Synonyms

diversify enwiden variegate varify vary diverse

Antonyms

homogenize purify

Derived words

codiversify diversifiability diversifiable diversificate glycodiversify hyperdiversify overdiversify rediversify underdiversify

Translations

Armenian: դիվերսիֆիկացնել Azerbaijani: müxtəlifləşdirmək Belarusian: дыверсіфікава́ць Bulgarian: разнообразявам Catalan: diversificar Chinese Mandarin: 多樣化 /多样化 Chinese Mandarin: 多元化 Finnish: monipuolistaa French: diversifier German: variieren German: vielfältig machen no equivalent term in German German: but see Hebrew: גיוון Hungarian: diverzifikál Hungarian: változatossá tesz Hungarian: sokrétűvé tesz Ido: diversigar Japanese: 多様化する Kazakh: түрлендіру Korean: 다원화하다 Korean: 다양화하다 Māori: whakakanorau Mongolian: янз бүрийн болгох Norman: divèrsifier Polish: różnicować Polish: urozmaicać Polish: urozmaicić Polish: zróżnicować Portuguese: diversificar Romanian: diversifica Russian: разнообра́зить Spanish: diversificar Tagalog: ipaiba-iba Ukrainian: урізномані́тнювати Ukrainian: урізномані́тнити
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