Diverse

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)s/
• US IPA: /dɨ.ˈvɝs/, /daɪ.ˈvɝs/, /ˈdaɪ.vÉšs/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Alternative forms

• divers obsolete

Origin

From Old French divers, from Latin diversus ("various, different"), also written divorsus, past participle of diverto, divortere ("to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert"); see divert.

Full definition of diverse

Adjective

1. Consisting of many different elements; various.
2. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
• J. EdwardsThe word ... is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
• R. BrowningOur roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
• 2013, Katrina G. Claw, Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
3. Capable of various forms; multiform.
• Ben JonsonEloquence is a great and diverse thing.

Antonyms

• homogeneous

Related terms

• divert
• diversity

Adverb

1. In different directions; diversely.

Anagrams

• derives, dervise, deviser, revised, sivered