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diversify
[ dih-vur-suh-fahy, dahy- ]
verb (used with object)
- to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- to invest in different types of (securities, industries, etc.).
- to produce different types of (manufactured products, crops, etc.).
verb (used without object)
- to invest in different types of industries, securities, etc.
- to add different types of manufactured products, crops, etc., especially to a business.
diversify
/ daɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ /
verb
- tr to create different forms of; variegate; vary
- (of an enterprise) to vary (products, operations, etc) in order to spread risk, expand, etc
- to distribute (investments) among several securities in order to spread risk
Derived Forms
- diˈversiˌfiable, adjective
- diˌversiˌfiaˈbility, noun
- diˈversiˌfier, noun
Other Words From
- di·versi·fia·ble adjective
- di·versi·fia·bili·ty noun
- di·versi·fier noun
- over·di·versi·fy verb overdiversified overdiversifying
- undi·versi·fying noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of diversify1
Word History and Origins
Origin of diversify1
Example Sentences
We’ve done everything knowing that we had to diversify for bad times.
Also, like Google, Baidu has vigorously diversified, and provides dozens of services from maps to cloud storage – and its search engine backs up the whole ecosystem.
Among the group’s five main demands were calls for the foundation to diversify the senior leadership team and the board of trustees.
In my earlier years, I was taught to diversify my investments, always, to hedge against the risks associated with certain stocks, bonds, and funds.
These moves both strengthen and diversify our news leadership, including the creation of a new staff development role.
In their effort to diversify their revenue, they have capitalized on traditional practices to new advantage.
Republicans have failed to diversify their party in the year since proclaiming the urgency of a bigger tent.
Actors are constantly talking about their desire to diversify themselves and play different characters.
This would enable the company to diversify and compensate for losses in Europe by reaching East Asian markets.
I don't have the option to diversify by selling the options so diversifying means additional savings.
He can do no more than give answers signifying assent and dissent, which merely serve to break and diversify the exposition.
Groves of oak sometimes diversify those native meadows, or cover the ridges which bound them.
The verse of twelve syllables, called an Alexandrine, is now only used to diversify heroick lines.
After all, were his individual opinions and doubts expressed in a manner forceful enough to diversify him from a porcine apathy?
Each Walk has a noble Point of View, and they are all agreeably diversify'd.
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