diversify

Borrowed from Middle French diversifier.

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

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

1. (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

   • 2023 June 19, Morgan Jerkins, “‘She doesn’t have the power’: Central Park birdwatcher Christian Cooper on why racist ‘incident’ won’t define him”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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.

• “diversify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “diversify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.