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diversify

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

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.).
  3. 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.

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • diˈversiˌfiable, adjective
  • diˌversiˌfiaˈbility, noun
  • diˈversiˌfier, noun
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Other Words From

  • 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 overdiversified overdiversifying
  • undi·versi·fying 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

We’ve done everything knowing that we had to diversify for bad times.

From Fortune

Also, like Google, Baidu has vigorously diversified, and provides dozens of services from maps to cloud storage – and its search engine backs up the whole ecosystem.

Among the group’s five main demands were calls for the foundation to diversify the senior leadership team and the board of trustees.

From Eater

In my earlier years, I was taught to diversify my investments, always, to hedge against the risks associated with certain stocks, bonds, and funds.

From Fortune

These moves both strengthen and diversify our news leadership, including the creation of a new staff development role.

In their effort to diversify their revenue, they have capitalized on traditional practices to new advantage.

Republicans have failed to diversify their party in the year since proclaiming the urgency of a bigger tent.

Actors are constantly talking about their desire to diversify themselves and play different characters.

This would enable the company to diversify and compensate for losses in Europe by reaching East Asian markets.

I don't have the option to diversify by selling the options so diversifying means additional savings.

He can do no more than give answers signifying assent and dissent, which merely serve to break and diversify the exposition.

Groves of oak sometimes diversify those native meadows, or cover the ridges which bound them.

The verse of twelve syllables, called an Alexandrine, is now only used to diversify heroick lines.

After all, were his individual opinions and doubts expressed in a manner forceful enough to diversify him from a porcine apathy?

Each Walk has a noble Point of View, and they are all agreeably diversify'd.

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