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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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Diversified
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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, -fied, -fy·ing.
un·di·ver·si·fy·ing, noun
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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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