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单词 diversify
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diversify
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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.
WORD FAMILY
diversify: diversification, diversified, diversifies, diversifying+/diversification: diversifications/diversified: undiversified
USAGE EXAMPLES
The Bagleys bought their first 15 elk in the late 1990s, seeking to diversify their beef and dairy business.
Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)
One way that antique stores continue to thrive is by diversifying their products, Stewart said.
Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)
Try to diversify not only the subject matter you read, but the ideology of the publishers and the identities of the writers.
The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017)
1v vary in order to spread risk or to expand
The company diversified
Syn|Ant|Hyper
branch out, broaden
narrow, narrow down, specialise, specialize
become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
alter, change, vary
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
2v make (more) diverse
diversify a course of study
Hypo|Hyper
motley, variegate, vary
make something more diverse and varied
checker, chequer
variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
3v spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
The plants on this island diversified
Syn|Hyper
radiate
alter, change, vary
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
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