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diversification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /daɪˌvɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /dɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /daɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin diversificatiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”). By surface analysis, diverse + -ification.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act, or the result, of diversifying.
    • In 2024, the campaigns are against video game consulting companies such as Sweet Baby for performing what some gamers believe is “forced diversification.” 2024 August 14, Vittoria Elliott, “Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet”, in WIRED:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product.
  3. (countable, uncountable) An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.

Forms

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Coordinates

hedge · hedging

Deriveds

hyperdiversification · under-diversification · antidiversification · diworsification · codiversification · nondiversification · rediversification · time diversification · overdiversification · underdiversification · magic of diversification · biodiversification · glycodiversification

Translations (39)

gl diversificación (act of diversifying) · ca diversificació (act of diversifying) · ja 万状 (act of diversifying) · fa تنوع (act of diversifying) · uk урізномані́тнення (act of diversifying) · de Diversifikation (act of diversifying) · cs diverzifikace (act of diversifying) · ru диверсифика́ция (act of diversifying) · pl dywersyfikacja (act of diversifying) · bg разнообразя́ване (act of diversifying) · ko 다각화 (act of diversifying) · pt diversificação (act of diversifying) · sv diversifiering (act of diversifying) · es diversificación (act of diversifying) · ko 다양화 (act of diversifying) · sk diverzifikácia (act of diversifying) · fi monipuolistaminen (act of diversifying) · de Diversifizierung (act of diversifying) · mk диверзификација (act of diversifying) · be дыверсіфіка́цыя (act of diversifying) · ota تنوع (act of diversifying) · ka გამრავალფეროვნება (act of diversifying) · fr diversification (act of diversifying) · uk диверсифіка́ція (act of diversifying) · ko 다원화 (act of diversifying) · cmn 多樣化 /多样化 (act of diversifying) · kk әртараптандыру (act of diversifying) · ka დივერსიფიკაცია (act of diversifying) · cmn 多元化 (act of diversifying) · km ពិពិធកម្ម (act of diversifying) · fi monipuolistuminen (act of diversifying) · az tənəvvü (act of diversifying) · nrf divèrsificâtion (act of diversifying) · id diversifikasi (act of diversifying) · it diversificazione (act of diversifying) · el διαφοροποίηση (act of diversifying) · mi whakakanorautanga (act of diversifying) · ja 多様化 (act of diversifying) · ar تَنْوِيع (act of diversifying)