diversified
Americanadjective
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distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects.
diversified activity.
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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.
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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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Etymology
Origin of diversified
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.
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Example Sentences
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Every diversified portfolio looked like a mistake next to the index.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
To that end, Netflix has diversified the type of content it offers, adding games, video podcasts and live events like NFL football games to its platform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
And traders who diversified their portfolios say it has helped cushion the blow from the stock market rout.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The company said its diversified operations and long-term contracts with Adnoc Group helped it navigate the regional disruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Responding to the fall-off in customers at the speakeasy, my grandfather had diversified.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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