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diversify

[dih-vur-suh-fahy, dahy-]

verb (used with object)

diversified, diversifying 
  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.).

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



verb (used without object)

diversified, diversifying 
  1. to invest in different types of industries, securities, etc.

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

diversify

/ daɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  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

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

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Other Word Forms

  • diversifiable adjective
  • diversifiability noun
  • diversifier noun
  • overdiversify verb
  • undiversifying noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diversify1

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

Origin of diversify1

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

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It highlighted inequalities in access to energy, particularly in Africa, and called for increasing, de-risking and diversifying investments for sustainable energy transitions.

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Analysts suggest diversifying AI investments beyond major tech companies into infrastructure firms benefiting from data center and grid modernization.

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This is a huge blow to the idea that bitcoin is somehow something different, a supposedly uncorrelated asset that may help diversify your portfolio by sometimes zigging when everything else zags.

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As a result, the U.S. has been increasing efforts to diversify its rare-earths supply and gain reliable and adequate exposure to these elements through its allies.

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As well as the mixed farm, he said they had diversified with an online meat business and glamping, and used to run a shop in Cambridge, for which they were still paying off business loans.

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