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DIVERSIFY

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: diversified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vary in order to spread risk or to expand

Example:

The company diversified

Synonyms:

branch out; broaden; diversify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "diversify" is one way to...):

alter; change; vary (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)

Sentence frames:

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Antonym:

specialise; specialize (become more focused on an area of activity or field of study)

Derivation:

diversification (the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered))

diversification (the condition of being varied)

diversity (the condition or result of being changeable)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate

Example:

The plants on this island diversified

Synonyms:

diversify; radiate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "diversify" is one way to...):

alter; change; vary (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)

Sentence frame:

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Derivation:

diversification (the condition of being varied)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make (more) diverse

Example:

diversify a course of study

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "diversify" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "diversify"):

motley; variegate; vary (make something more diverse and varied)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

diversification (the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered))

diversification (the condition of being varied)

diversity (noticeable heterogeneity)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The hunters, on the other hand, had stronger and more diversified faces, with hard lines and the marks of the free play of passions.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“It has been my lot,” he observed, “to meet, in the diversified panorama of human existence, with an occasional oasis, but never with one so green, so gushing, as the present!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Uncovering a large amount of previously undescribed genetic variation, a new study provides new insights into our evolutionary past, and highlights the complexity of the process through which our ancestors diversified, migrated and mixed throughout the world.

(Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history, University of Cambridge)

These people were a significant part of human history, they diversified almost at the same time as the ancestors of modern-day Asians and Europeans and it’s likely that at one point they occupied large regions of the northern hemisphere.

(DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient Siberians, University of Cambridge)

Uncovering a large amount of previously undescribed genetic variation, the study provides new insights into our evolutionary past, and highlights the complexity of the process through which our ancestors diversified, migrated and mixed throughout the world.

(Global human genome study reveals our complex evolutionary history, University of Cambridge)