diversify
diversified; diversifying; diversifies
Diversify means to vary in type. It's often used to discuss risk in financial activities. You might diversify your investments by spreading your wealth among different types of stocks.
You may have noticed that diversify looks like the word diverse, an adjective that describes showing variety and difference. If you want to diversify your interests, that means you want to mix it up and do more than just play Dungeons and Dragons all the time — you might become active in sports, theater, and the math club. Diversify can also describe expanding into new areas. A company might diversify by sending its sales force into Asia and Latin America.
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vary in order to spread risk or to expand“The company diversified”
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synonyms:
branch out, broaden
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Antonyms:
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narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize
become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
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narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize
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make (more) diverse
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spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
Vocabulary lists containing diversify
After receiving an old lawnmower on his 12th birthday, the unnamed narrator recounts the adventurous summer he spent mowing his neighbors' lawns and becoming a young entrepreneur.
This list covers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Literary Seminar: The Sonnet.
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