noun
Meaning 1
A point where a lane branches off from the main flow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
diverge
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/
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Canada, General-American: /dɪˈvɝd͡ʒ/
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Canada, General-American: /daɪˈvɝd͡ʒ/
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Australian: /dɑeˈvɜːd͡ʒ/
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New-Zealand: /daɪˈvøːd͡ʒ/
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New-Zealand: [dɑe̯ˈvøːd͡ʒ]
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒ
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V ER1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, literally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
Qualifier: opinions; or anything else; opinions; or anything else
Examples
- Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, literally
Examples
- The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
Qualifier: opinion; or anything else; opinion; or anything else
Examples
- The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: series; or function; series; or function
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
- The sequence x#95;n#61;n2 diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
- The sequence a#95;n#61;(-1)n diverges; it keeps oscillating between -1 and 1.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
move or draw apart
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The two paths diverge here
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: converge
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate
verb
Meaning 8
be at variance with; be out of line with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deviate, vary, depart
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: differ
Narrower terms: aberrate, contradict, belie, negate
verb
Meaning 9
extend in a different direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The lines start to diverge here
- Their interests diverged
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: converge
Narrower terms: divaricate, bifurcate
verb
Meaning 10
have no limits as a mathematical series
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: converge
Broader terms: be
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: տարամիտել (taramitel) — to run apart
- Bulgarian: отклонявам се (otklonjavam se) — to run apart
- Catalan: divergir — to run apart
- Dutch: divergeren — to run apart
- Dutch: uiteenwijken — to run apart
- Dutch: uiteenlopen — to run apart
- Esperanto: diverĝi — to run apart
- Finnish: erkaantua — to run apart
- Finnish: erkanee — to run apart
- Finnish: erota — to run apart
- French: diverger — to run apart
- German: divergieren — to run apart
- German: auseinandergehen — to run apart
- German: auseinander gehen — to run apart
- German: auseinanderstreben — to run apart
- German: auseinanderlaufen — to run apart
- German: auseinanderbewegen — to run apart
- German: auseinanderklaffen — to run apart
- German: sich auseinanderentwickeln — to run apart
- German: abbiegen — to run apart
- German: sich teilen — to run apart
- German: abweichen — to run apart
- German: sich entfernen von — to run apart
- German: sich wegentwickeln von — to run apart
- German: umlenken — to run apart
- Greek: αποκλίνω (apoklíno) — to run apart
- Hungarian: elágazik — to run apart
- Hungarian: szétágazik — to run apart
- Hungarian: különválik — to run apart
- Hungarian: szétválik — to run apart
- Hungarian: elválik — to run apart
- Hungarian: eltér — to run apart
- Māori: tihoi — to run apart
- Māori: tangongi — to run apart
- Polish: rozchodzić się — to run apart
- Polish: rozbiegać się — to run apart
- Polish: rozdzielać się — to run apart
- Portuguese: divergir — to run apart
- Russian: отклоня́ться (otklonjátʹsja) — to run apart
- Russian: расходи́ться (rasxodítʹsja) — to run apart
- Sanskrit: ह्वरति (hvarati) — to run apart
- Spanish: divergir — to run apart
- Armenian: տարամիտել (taramitel) — to have no limit
- Asturian: diverxer — to have no limit
- Bulgarian: не се схождам (ne se shoždam) — to have no limit
- Catalan: divergir — to have no limit
- Czech: divergovat — to have no limit
- Finnish: hajaantua — to have no limit
- French: diverger — to have no limit
- Galician: diverxer — to have no limit
- German: divergieren — to have no limit
- Hebrew: התבדר (hitbadér) — to have no limit
- Hungarian: divergál — to have no limit
- Hungarian: széttart — to have no limit
- Polish: rozbiegać — to have no limit
- Portuguese: divergir — to have no limit
- Russian: расходи́ться (rasxodítʹsja) — to have no limit
- Spanish: divergir — to have no limit
- Swedish: divergera — to have no limit