diversify
pronunciation
How to pronounce diversify in British English:
UK [daɪˈvɜːsɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce diversify in American English:
US [daɪˈvɜːrsɪfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- make (more) diverse
- spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
- vary in order to spread risk or to expand
Word Origin
- diversify (v.)
- late 15c., from Old French diversifier (13c.) "to make diverse," from Medieval Latin diversificare, from Latin diversus (see diverse). Economic sense is from 1939. Related: Diversified; diversifying.
Example
- 1. China is therefore seeking to diversify its reserves .
- 2. They are trying to diversify their economies .
- 3. And there are other ways to diversify .
- 4. So governments need to diversify their economies .
- 5. But china may and probably should diversify .