diverge

[ dih-vurj, dahy- ]

/ dɪˈvɜrdʒ, daɪ- /

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verb (used without object), di·verged, di·verg·ing.

to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point; branch off.

to differ in opinion, character, form, etc.; deviate.

Mathematics. (of a sequence, series, etc.) to have no unique limit; to have infinity as a limit.

to turn aside or deviate, as from a path, practice, or plan.

verb (used with object), di·verged, di·verg·ing.

to deflect or turn aside.

OTHER WORDS FOR diverge

1 separate, deviate, fork.

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Origin of diverge

1655–65; <Medieval Latin dīvergere, equivalent to Latin dī- di-² + vergere “to incline”

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4. See deviate.

OTHER WORDS FROM diverge

non·di·verg·ing, adjectiveun·di·verg·ing, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH diverge

1. digress, diverge 2. diverge , diverse

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How to use diverge in a sentence

Somewhere our paths diverged, though, and while he still likes binding and corporal punishment and so on, I’ve found myself less interested in that and more in the humiliation aspect.
Sex in Front of Strangers|Eugene Robinson|November 15, 2020|Ozy
In 2016, for the first time, it diverged wildly from the popular vote — Hillary Clinton won that by two points, while losing Vigo County by 15 points.
The Trailer: The 10 crucial counties, revisited|David Weigel|November 10, 2020|Washington Post
With statistical models we can use genomic information to reconstruct historical population trajectories and patterns of how species interacted and diverged.
The secret to helping this resilient whale species lies in its genes|By Emma Carroll/The Conversation|November 2, 2020|Popular-Science
Though these voters are bound by a shared ethnic label, their political beliefs often diverge based on factors like where they live, their race, ancestry, gender, income and faith, among other variables.
In campaign’s waning days, both candidates seek to shore up support from Latino voters|Jose Del Real, Amy Gardner, Jenna Johnson|October 29, 2020|Washington Post

After business school at Harvard in the early 1990s, her career diverged further from the typical banking trajectory.
How Jane Fraser broke banking’s highest glass ceiling|Claire Zillman, reporter|October 19, 2020|Fortune
Active-duty spies would read him and they talked to him, and often it was hard to tell where fiction and fact diverged.
This Sexy Thriller Is Just the Document the Benghazi Commission Needs|Christopher Dickey|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And not long after, it would become equally clear that the official version of events diverged early and often from the facts.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The fossil record is too incomplete to reveal the time when the two tribes diverged.
Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks|John A. White
And now, having reached the corner, where their path diverged, with a mutual "good day" they parted.
The English Orphans|Mary Jane Holmes
His route was such that it diverged gradually from that taken by the prowler.
Space Prison|Tom Godwin
After a hard fight to Aladdin's Cave, the wind approaching fifty miles an hour, they diverged to the south-east.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Returning, we diverged on reaching the back of the tent, he passing round on one side and I on the other.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

British Dictionary definitions for diverge

diverge

/ (daɪˈvɜːdʒ) /

verb

to separate or cause to separate and go in different directions from a point

(intr) to be at variance; differour opinions diverge

(intr) to deviate from a prescribed course

(intr) maths (of a series or sequence) to have no limit

Word Origin for diverge

C17: from Medieval Latin dīvergere, from Latin di- ² + vergere to turn

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