diversified
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səˌfaɪd, daɪ- adjective
1.
distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects: diversified activity.
2.
distributed among or producing several types; varied: diversified investments.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
2.
to invest in different types of (securities, industries, etc.).
3.
to produce different types of (manufactured products, crops, etc.).
verb (used without object)
4.
to invest in different types of industries, securities, etc.
5.
to add different types of manufactured products, crops, etc., especially to a business.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French diversifier < Medieval Latin dīversificāre, equivalent to Latin dīvers(us) diverse + -ificāre -ify
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French diversifier < Medieval Latin dīversificāre, equivalent to Latin dīvers(us) diverse + -ificāre -ify
Related forms
di·ver·si·fi·a·ble, adjective
di·ver·si·fi·a·bil·i·ty, noun
di·ver·si·fi·er, noun
o·ver·di·ver·si·fy, verb, o·ver·di·ver·si·fied, o·ver·di·ver·si·fy·ing.
un·di·ver·si·fy·ing, noun
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diversify (daɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| 1. | (tr) to create different forms of; variegate; vary |
| 2. | (of an enterprise) to vary (products, operations, etc) in order to spread risk, expand, etc |
| 3. | to distribute (investments) among several securities in order to spread risk |
| [C15: from Old French diversifier, from Medieval Latin dīversificāre, from Latin dīversus | |
| di'versifiable | |
| —adj | |
| diversifia'bility | |
| —n | |
| di'versifier | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
diversify
late 15c., from O.Fr. diversifier (13c.), from M.L. diversificare (see diverse). Economic sense is from 1939. Related: Diversified.
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Example sentences
Dairy and diversified cooperatives led the way, accounting for two-thirds of the total revenue increase.
Their risk could be less diversified and more concentrated.
The firm diversified rapidly over the past few years and built a global platform from which to sell its products.
He says the city's economy is more diversified than many think, with the health and education industries doing particularly well.
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