diverse

[ dih-vurs, dahy-, dahy-vurs ]

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adjective

of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
of various kinds or forms; multiform.

including representatives from more than one social, cultural, or economic group, especially members of ethnic or religious minority groups: a diverse student body.

Origin of diverse

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin dīversus (past participle of dīvertere “to divert”), equivalent to dī- di-² + vert- (base of vertere “to turn”) + -tus, past participle suffix, with -tt- regularly becoming -s-

Other words for diverse

1	varied, manifold, divergent
2	dissimilar, disparate

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Other words from diverse

di·verse·ly, adverb
di·verse·ness, noun
un·di·verse, adjective

Words that may be confused with diverse

1. diverge, diverse
2. divers, diverse

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How to use diverse in a sentence

Very diversely born I take those Norns to be: they have no common race.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
The woods belonging to the temples were like lakes of verdure in this mountain of diversely-coloured blocks.
Salammbo | Gustave Flaubert
This new habit of mind and speech has affected our literature deeply and diversely.
The Glory of English Prose | Stephen Coleridge
Truth in these great matters of principle is of one, and it is only in formal treatises that it can be split up diversely.
Hopes and Fears for Art | William Morris
I know not that any other passage in the Holy Scriptures has been so diversely interpreted, and so rent and wrested, as this text.
Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II | Martin Luther

British Dictionary definitions for diverse

diverse

/ (daɪˈvɜːs, ˈdaɪvɜːs) /

adjective

having variety; assorted
distinct in kind

Origin of diverse

C13: from Latin dīversus; see divers

Derived forms of diverse

diversely, adverb
diverseness, noun

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