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diversify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb diversify has 3 senses
- diversify(v = verb.change) Array - make (more) diverse; "diversify a course of study" is one way to alter, change, modify
- diversify(v = verb.change) radiate - spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" is one way to alter, change, vary
- diversify(v = verb.change) branch out, broaden - vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified" is one way to alter, change, vary
Derived forms noun diversification1, noun diversification2, noun diversity1
Sample sentences:
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Derived form noun diversification2
Sample sentence:
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Derived forms noun diversification1, noun diversification2, noun diversity2
Antonyms: specialise, specialize
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
diversify, v. (-ies, -ied)
1 tr. make diverse; vary; modify.
2 tr. Commerce a spread (investment) over several enterprises or products, esp. to reduce the risk of loss. b introduce a spread of investment in (an enterprise etc.).
3 intr. (often foll. by into) esp. Commerce (of a firm etc.) expand the range of products handled.
1 tr. make diverse; vary; modify.
2 tr. Commerce a spread (investment) over several enterprises or products, esp. to reduce the risk of loss. b introduce a spread of investment in (an enterprise etc.).
3 intr. (often foll. by into) esp. Commerce (of a firm etc.) expand the range of products handled.
Derivative
diversification n.
Etymology
ME f. OF diversifier f. med.L diversificare (as DIVERS)
THESAURUS
diversify
accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, analyze, anatomize, atomize, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, better, bottom out, branch out, break, break up, change, checker, chop, chop and change, chop logic, come about, come around, come round, convert, deform, degenerate, denature, desynonymize, deteriorate, deviate, differ, difference, differentiate, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, dissent, distinguish, distribute, disunify, divaricate, diverge, divide, fit, flop, haul around, improve, individualize, individuate, jibe, make a distinction, mark, mark off, mark out, meliorate, mitigate, mix, modify, modulate, mutate, overthrow, particularize, personalize, qualify, re-create, realign, rebuild, reconstruct, redesign, refine a distinction, refit, reform, relieve, remake, renew, reshape, restructure, revamp, revive, ring changes, ring the changes, segregate, separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, shift, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, specialize, split hairs, spread, subvert, swerve, tack, take a turn, turn, turn aside, turn into, turn the corner, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, undergo a change, variate, variegate, vary, veer, warp, work a change, worsenROGET THESAURUS
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Change
VB change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.
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