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Diversify
//daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ// verb
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Verb
- 1 To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences. transitive
"Months after the incident happened, he did a PBS special in which he talked about the “joys and challenges of birding while Black” and was featured in the Washington Post about his desire to diversify the activity."
- 2 vary in order to spread risk or to expand wordnet
- 3 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. intransitive, transitive
- 4 spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate wordnet
- 5 make (more) diverse wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French diversifier, equivalent to diverse + -ify.
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