diversify

[ dih-vur-suh-fahy, dahy- ]
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verb (used with object),di·ver·si·fied, di·ver·si·fy·ing.
  1. to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.

  2. to invest in different types of (securities, industries, etc.).

  1. to produce different types of (manufactured products, crops, etc.).

verb (used without object),di·ver·si·fied, di·ver·si·fy·ing.
  1. to invest in different types of industries, securities, etc.

  2. to add different types of manufactured products, crops, etc., especially to a business.

Origin of diversify

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Anglo-French diversifier<Medieval Latin dīversificāre, equivalent to Latin dīvers(us) diverse + -ificāre-ify

Other words from diversify

  • di·ver·si·fi·a·ble, adjective
  • di·ver·si·fi·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • di·ver·si·fi·er, noun
  • o·ver·di·ver·si·fy, verb, o·ver·di·ver·si·fied, o·ver·di·ver·si·fy·ing.
  • un·di·ver·si·fy·ing, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for diversify

diversify

/ (daɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ) /


verb-fies, -fying or -fied
  1. (tr) to create different forms of; variegate; vary

  2. (of an enterprise) to vary (products, operations, etc) in order to spread risk, expand, etc

  1. to distribute (investments) among several securities in order to spread risk

Origin of diversify

1
C15: from Old French diversifier, from Medieval Latin dīversificāre, from Latin dīversus diverse + facere to make

Derived forms of diversify

  • diversifiable, adjective
  • diversifiability, noun
  • diversifier, noun

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