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• past tense form of diversify.
• past participle of diversify.

diversified

American  

[dih-vur-suh-fahyd, dahy-] / dɪˈvɜr səˌfaɪd, daɪ- /

adjective

1. distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects.

   diversified activity.

2. distributed among a judicious variety of types; balanced.

   Investments focused in a single industry, such as energy, are more vulnerable to market volatility than more diversified investments.

3. producing different kinds of goods, crops, etc., or expanded so as to do so.

   He owns a diversified farm, raising livestock, produce, and medicinal herbs.

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Other Word Forms

• nondiversified
  adjective
• quasi-diversified
  adjective
• undiversified
  adjective
• well-diversified
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of diversified

First recorded in 1605–15; diversify + -ed ²

Explanation

When something is diversified, it is diverse, meaning varied. If your investments are diversified, it means you have put money in more than one place: real estate, stocks, bonds, race horses, gold, alligator farms, and so on. Diverse comes from a medieval Latin word diversificare, meaning “make dissimilar.” If you have diversified something, you have made its parts different from each other. For example, if you want to make your diet more diversified, you make it a point to eat a wider variety of foods, or at least something beyond just scrambled eggs and macaroni and cheese.

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, diversified companies such as Caterpillar, Rolls-Royce or Wartsila could repurpose their engine manufacturing for their traditional customers if data-center orders start drying up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

When Wright joined the government early last year, he sold that stake and moved his money into a diversified portfolio of stock and bond funds.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

Of course, if you already own a broadly diversified index fund, you’re assured of capturing the return of the overall stock market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

“The diversions and new trade routes established during the conflict will likely leave the supply chain even more flexible and diversified than before.”

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

Culver, a prominent local citizen and practitioner of diversified farming, his handsome daughter, Miss Tansy Culver, two young sons, and Mr. Culver’s sister-in-law, Miss Singleterry, who was flung some distance off the tailgate.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Related Words

• diverse
• varied