diversify

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French diversifier.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/, /dɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /daɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/, /dɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/
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Verb

diversify (third-person singular simple present diversifies, present participle diversifying, simple past and past participle diversified)

(transitive) To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
Synonyms: variegate; see also Thesaurus:diversify

Derived terms

overdiversify
underdiversify

Translations

to make diverse

Armenian: դիվերսիֆիկացնել (diversifikacʿnel)
Belarusian: дыверсіфікава́ць impf or pf (dyvjersifikavácʹ)
Bulgarian: разнообразявам (bg) (raznoobrazjavam)
Catalan: diversificar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多元化 (zh) (duōyuánhuà), 多樣化／多样化 (zh) (duōyànghuà)
Danish: ^{(please verify)} variere, ^{(please verify)} gøre afvekslende , ^{(please verify)} forandre (da)
Finnish: monipuolistaa
French: diversifier (fr)
German: (economy) diversifizieren (de), variieren (de), no equivalent term in German, but see vielfältig machen
Hebrew: גיוון‎ (givén)
Hungarian: diverzifikál, változatossá tesz (hu), sokrétűvé tesz
Ido: diversigar (io)
Japanese: 多様化する (ja) (たようかする, tayōka-suru)
Kazakh: түрлендіру (kk) (türlendıru)
Korean: 다원화하다 (dawonhwahada), 다양화하다 (ko) (dayanghwahada)
Norman: divèrsifier
Polish: urozmaicać impf, urozmaicić pf, różnicować impf, zróżnicować pf, dywersyfikować impf, zdywersyfikować pf (economics)
Portuguese: diversificar
Romanian: diversifica (ro)
Russian: разнообра́зить (ru) impf (raznoobrázitʹ), (economy) диверсифици́ровать (ru) impf or pf (diversificírovatʹ)
Spanish: diversificar (es)
Ukrainian: урізномані́тнювати impf (uriznomanítnjuvaty), урізномані́тнити pf (uriznomanítnyty), диверсифікува́ти impf or pf (dyversyfikuváty) (economy)

References

diversify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
diversify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913