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Diverge
//daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A point where a lane branches off from the main flow.
Verb
- 1 To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions. intransitive, literally
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / […]"
- 2 move or draw apart wordnet
- 3 To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions. figuratively, intransitive
"Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through."
- 4 be at variance with; be out of line with wordnet
- 5 To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path). intransitive, literally
"The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north."
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- 6 extend in a different direction wordnet
- 7 To become different, to separate (from another line or path). figuratively, intransitive
"The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations."
- 8 have no limits as a mathematical series wordnet
- 9 Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit. intransitive
"The sequence x#95;n#61;n² diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).
Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).
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