adj · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
Received-Pronunciation:/dɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
Canada, General-American:/dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/
Canada, General-American:/daɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/
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Australian:/dɑeˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
New-Zealand:/daɪˈvøː.d͡ʒənt/
New-Zealand:[dɑe̯ˈvøː.d͡ʒənt]
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
CMU ARPABET:D AY0 V ER1 JH AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:D IH0 V ER1 JH AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Growing further apart; diverging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
(said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Disagreeing from something given; differing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a divergent statement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Causing divergence of rays.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a divergent lens
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective
Meaning 5
tending to move apart in different directions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diverging
Antonyms: convergent
6
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
diverging from another or from a standard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a divergent opinion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
отклоняващ се
(otklonjavašt se)
— growing further apart; diverging
Czech:
divergentní
— growing further apart; diverging
Czech:
rozbíhavý
— growing further apart; diverging
Finnish:
hajaantuva
— growing further apart; diverging
Finnish:
hajautuva
— growing further apart; diverging
Finnish:
laajeneva
— growing further apart; diverging
Finnish:
eriytyvä
— growing further apart; diverging
Finnish:
divergentti
— growing further apart; diverging
Hungarian:
széthúzó
— growing further apart; diverging
Māori:
tīhoi
— growing further apart; diverging
Polish:
rozbieżny
— growing further apart; diverging
Romanian:
divergent
— growing further apart; diverging
Spanish:
divergente
— growing further apart; diverging
Asturian:
diverxente
— of a series, not converging
Bulgarian:
разходящ
(razhodjašt)
— of a series, not converging
Catalan:
divergent
— of a series, not converging
Chinese Mandarin:
發散 /发散
(fāsàn)
— of a series, not converging
Finnish:
hajaantuva
— of a series, not converging
French:
divergent
— of a series, not converging
Galician:
diverxente
— of a series, not converging
Georgian:
განშლადი
(ganšladi)
— of a series, not converging
Hungarian:
divergens
— of a series, not converging
Italian:
divergente
— of a series, not converging
Māori:
tīhoi
— of a series, not converging
Polish:
rozbieżny
— of a series, not converging
Portuguese:
divergente
— of a series, not converging
Romanian:
divergent
— of a series, not converging
Russian:
расходящийся
(rasxodjaščijsja)
— of a series, not converging