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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

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Etymology

Origin of diversified

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

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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

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diversified

You have up until now remained diversified in various stocks and bonds — like everything from consumer and utilities to tech and healthcare — in both the U.S. and overseas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Two picked up tactical trends, while another fundamental indicator went into their more diversified quant macro strategy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

While inflation remains elevated in many parts of the world and geopolitical risks continue to warrant caution, the overall investment backdrop remains constructive for investors willing to remain selective and diversified, the asset manager says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

That is the cornerstone of the classic 60-40 portfolio, where a diversified portfolio of 60% stocks and 40% bonds cushions volatility, with one rising when the other falls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the large and pleasant salon which extended across the width of the house, the Ratignolles entertained their friends once a fortnight with a soirée musicale, sometimes diversified by card-playing.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

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