verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/dɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/
General-American:/daɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/
General-American:/dɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/
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CMU ARPABET:D AY0 V ER1 S AH0 F AY2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:D IH0 V ER1 S AH0 F AY2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diverse, variegate
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diverse, variegate
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
vary in order to spread risk or to expand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The company diversified
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: branch out, broaden
Antonyms: specialize, specialise
Broader terms: change, alter, vary
4
verb
Meaning 4
spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The plants on this island diversified
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: radiate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, vary
5
verb
Meaning 5
make (more) diverse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
diversify a course of study
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: vary, variegate, motley
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French diversifier, equivalent to diverse + -ify.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
դիվերսիֆիկացնել
(diversifikacʻnel)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Azerbaijani:
müxtəlifləşdirmək
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Belarusian:
дыверсіфікава́ць
(dyvjersifikavácʹ)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Bulgarian:
разнообразявам
(raznoobrazjavam)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Catalan:
diversificar
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Chinese Mandarin:
多樣化 /多样化
(duōyànghuà)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Chinese Mandarin:
多元化
(duōyuánhuà)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Finnish:
monipuolistaa
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
French:
diversifier
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
German:
variieren
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
German:
vielfältig machen no equivalent term in German
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
German:
but see
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Hebrew:
גיוון
(givén)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Hungarian:
diverzifikál
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Hungarian:
változatossá tesz
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Hungarian:
sokrétűvé tesz
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Ido:
diversigar
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Japanese:
多様化する
(tayōka-suru)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Kazakh:
түрлендіру
(türlendıru)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Korean:
다원화하다
(dawonhwahada)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Korean:
다양화하다
(dayanghwahada)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Māori:
whakakanorau
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Mongolian:
янз бүрийн болгох
(janz büriin bolgox)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Norman:
divèrsifier
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Polish:
różnicować
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Polish:
urozmaicać
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Polish:
urozmaicić
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Polish:
zróżnicować
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Portuguese:
diversificar
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Romanian:
diversifica
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Russian:
разнообра́зить
(raznoobrázitʹ)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Spanish:
diversificar
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Tagalog:
ipaiba-iba
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Ukrainian:
урізномані́тнювати
(uriznomanítnjuvaty)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Ukrainian:
урізномані́тнити
(uriznomanítnyty)
— to make (something) diverse or various in form or quality
Finnish:
monipuolistaa
— to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks
German:
diversifizieren
— to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks
Polish:
dywersyfikować
— to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks
Polish:
zdywersyfikować
— to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks
Russian:
диверсифици́ровать
(diversificírovatʹ)
— to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks
Ukrainian:
диверсифікува́ти
(dyversyfikuváty)
— to make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks
