noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/dɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
General-American:/daɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Received-Pronunciation:/daɪˌvɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET 2:D IH0 V ER2 S AH0 F AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The act, or the result, of diversifying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments
he limited his losses by diversification of his product line
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: variegation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
5
noun
Meaning 5
the condition of being varied
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
that restaurant's menu lacks diversification; every day it is the same
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin diversificatiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”). By surface analysis, diverse + -ification.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تَنْوِيع
(tanwīʕ)
— act of diversifying
Azerbaijani:
tənəvvü
— act of diversifying
Belarusian:
дыверсіфіка́цыя
(dyvjersifikácyja)
— act of diversifying
Bulgarian:
разнообразя́ване
(raznoobrazjávane)
— act of diversifying
Catalan:
diversificació
— act of diversifying
Chinese Mandarin:
多樣化 /多样化
(duōyànghuà)
— act of diversifying
Chinese Mandarin:
多元化
(duōyuánhuà)
— act of diversifying
Czech:
diverzifikace
— act of diversifying
Finnish:
monipuolistaminen
— act of diversifying
Finnish:
monipuolistuminen
— act of diversifying
French:
diversification
— act of diversifying
Galician:
diversificación
— act of diversifying
Georgian:
გამრავალფეროვნება
(gamravalperovneba)
— act of diversifying
Georgian:
დივერსიფიკაცია
(diversipiḳacia)
— act of diversifying
German:
Diversifikation
— act of diversifying
German:
Diversifizierung
— act of diversifying
Greek:
διαφοροποίηση
(diaforopoíisi)
— act of diversifying
Indonesian:
diversifikasi
— act of diversifying
Italian:
diversificazione
— act of diversifying
Japanese:
多様化
(tayōka)
— act of diversifying
Japanese:
万状
(banjō)
— act of diversifying
Kazakh:
әртараптандыру
(ärtaraptandyru)
— act of diversifying
Khmer:
ពិពិធកម្ម
(pipɨtthĕəʼkam)
— act of diversifying
Korean:
다양화
(dayanghwa)
— act of diversifying
Korean:
다원화
(dawonhwa)
— act of diversifying
Korean:
다각화
(dagakhwa)
— act of diversifying
Macedonian:
диверзификација
(diverzifikacija)
— act of diversifying
Māori:
whakakanorautanga
— act of diversifying
Norman:
divèrsificâtion
— act of diversifying
Persian:
تنوع
— act of diversifying
Polish:
dywersyfikacja
— act of diversifying
Portuguese:
diversificação
— act of diversifying
Russian:
диверсифика́ция
(diversifikácija)
— act of diversifying
Slovak:
diverzifikácia
— act of diversifying
Spanish:
diversificación
— act of diversifying
Swedish:
diversifiering
— act of diversifying
Ottoman Turkish:
تنوع
(tenevvü)
— act of diversifying
Ukrainian:
диверсифіка́ція
(dyversyfikácija)
— act of diversifying
Ukrainian:
урізномані́тнення
(uriznomanítnennja)
— act of diversifying
