Dictionary

diversify en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /daɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/ (General-American)
• /dɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /dɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
   • Months after the incident happened, he did a PBS special in which he talked about the “joys and challenges of birding while Black” and was featured in the Washington Post about his desire to diversify the activity. 2023 June 19, Morgan Jerkins, “‘She doesn’t have the power’: Central Park birdwatcher Christian Cooper on why racist ‘incident’ won’t define him”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
2. (intransitive, transitive) To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences. ▸ To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks.

Forms

Antonyms

homogenize · purify

Coordinates

hedge

Deriveds

overdiversify · diversificate · rediversify · glycodiversify · codiversify · diversifiability · underdiversify · hyperdiversify · diversifiable · diworsify

Hypernyms

alter

Hyponyms

branch · counterchange · checker · ramify · freck · alternate

Synonyms

variegate · varify · vary · variegate · variegate · diverse · diverse · enwiden · diversify

Translations (41)

pl urozmaicać (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · hu változatossá tesz (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · fr diversifier (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · hu diverzifikál (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · de diversifizieren (to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks) · fi monipuolistaa (to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks) · tl ipaiba-iba (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · de vielfältig machen no equivalent term in German (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · mn янз бүрийн болгох (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · pl dywersyfikować (to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks) · pl zdywersyfikować (to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks) · kk түрлендіру (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · cmn 多樣化 /多样化 (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · uk урізномані́тнити (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · pt diversificar (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · be дыверсіфікава́ць (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · es diversificar (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · hu sokrétűvé tesz (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · cmn 多元化 (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · ro diversifica (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · mi whakakanorau (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · de variieren (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · nrf divèrsifier (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · ja 多様化する (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · pl różnicować (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · pl urozmaicić (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · ca diversificar (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · uk урізномані́тнювати (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · ru диверсифици́ровать (to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks) · he גיוון (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · uk диверсифікува́ти (to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks) · bg разнообразявам (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · ko 다양화하다 (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · pl zróżnicować (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · ru разнообра́зить (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · az müxtəlifləşdirmək (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · fi monipuolistaa (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · ko 다원화하다 (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · io diversigar (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · hy դիվերսիֆիկացնել (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality) · de but see (to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality)