# diverse
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /daɪˈvɜːs/, /ˈdaɪvɜːs/
* (General American) IPA: /dəˈvɜɹs/, /daɪ-/, /ˈdaɪˌvɜɹs/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
* Hyphenation: di‧verse

### Etymology 1

* PIE word
* *dwóh₁
The adjective is derived from Middle English divers, diverse (“different, divergent; having a different opinion, disagreeing; of various kinds; multicoloured, variegated; distinct, separate; unusual, wonderful; numerous, several; of a person or their attitude, etc.: hostile, unkind; of weather: adverse, unfavourable; changeable, fickle”), from Anglo-Norman divers, Anglo-Norman divers, and Old French divers (“different; of various kinds; multicoloured, variegated; numerous, several; heterodox, perverse; hostile, unkind”) (modern French divers), and directly from their etymon Latin dīversus (“different, diverse; apart, separate; hostile, unkind; opposite”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of dīvertō (“to divert, turn away; to digress; to oppose; to separate”), from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + vertō (“to turn; to turn around, revolve; to alter, change, transform”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”)). Doublet of divert.
The adverb is derived from Middle English diverse (“differently; at various times”), from divers, diverse (adjective) (see above).

#### Adjective

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)
* Consisting of many different elements; various.
    Synonyms: manifold; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
    Antonyms: homogeneous; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
* Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:different
** 1797?, Jonathan Edwards, A Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity; containing remarks on the essays of Dr. Samuel West, and on the writings of several other authors, on those subjects.
    It must be observed concerning moral Inability, in each kind of it, that the word Inability is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
** 1876, Robert Browning, Bifurcation:Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
** 1998, Ken Shelton, Integrity at Work, page 42:This is what collectivism forgot — the freedom to be diverse, and the conception of each diverse individual being inherently of equal value and having open-ended potential for contribution.
** 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
* Capable of various forms; multiform.
** 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries:Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
* Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.
** 2019 June 27, Lauren Gambino, “Democratic 2020 candidates clash on healthcare, immigration and economy in first debate”, in The Guardian‎:The stage reflected the increasingly diverse Democratic party in which women and people of color are ascendent.
* (nonstandard) Belonging to a minority group.
** 2016 January 22, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:
    The Board’s goal is to commit to doubling the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020.
** 2018 November 17, Saturday Night Live, season 44, episode 6, Voter Fraud (cold open):
    Here to comment is diverse Congresswoman from Ohio […] Marcia Fudge.
** 2021 August 23, “Mike Richards out as executive producer of 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune'”, in NBC News:Richards came under fierce criticism since he was formally hired to emcee the legendary quiz show, with some longtime fans saying they believed the producers should have selected a more diverse candidate for the job, such as the actor and presenter LeVar Burton.

##### Alternative forms

* diuers, divers (obsolete)

##### Derived terms

* antidiverse
* biodiverse
* divers
* diversative
* diversely
* diverseness
* diversitude (rare)
* gender diverse
* geodiverse
* hyperdiverse
* megadiverse
* microdiverse
* multidiverse
* nondiverse
* overdiverse
* phytodiverse
* polydiverse
* pyrodiverse
* regiodiverse
* superdiverse
* ultradiverse
* undiverse

##### Related terms

* divert
* diversity

##### Translations
#### Adverb

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)
* In different directions; diversely.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English diversen (“to differ, diverge; to become different, change; to vary; to change or vary (something); to make a distinction, distinguish; to divert”), from Anglo-Norman diverser, Middle French diverser, and Old French diverser (“to alter, change; to differ, diverge; to disagree”), from Late Latin diversare (“to differ”), and then either:
* a frequentative form of Latin dīvertere, the present active infinitive of {{m|la|dīvertō (see etymology 1); or
* from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + versāre (the present active infinitive of versō (“to alter, change; to keep turning, whirl”), a frequentative form of vertō: see etymology 1).
Sense 1 (“synonym of diversify”) became obsolete in the 16th century, and was probably recoined in the 20th century.

#### Verb

diverse (third-person singular simple present diverses, present participle diversing, simple past and past participle diversed)
* (transitive) Synonym of diversify
** To make (something) different or varied in form or quality; to alter, to change, to vary.
** (business, finance) To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) different or varied, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks. [from 20th c.]
* (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go a different route or way from someone else; to diverge, to separate.

##### Translations
### References

* ↑ “dī̆vers(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* ↑ Compare “diverse, adj. and adv.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2024; “diverse, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* ↑ “dī̆verse, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* ↑ “dī̆versen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* 1 2 “diverse, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.

### Further reading

* diversity (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “diverse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “diverse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “diverse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* diverse in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.

### Anagrams

* derives, dervise, deviser, drivees, dérives, revised, sivered

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin diversus, via French divers.

### Adjective

diverse
* various, sundry, miscellaneous, incidental.
    Synonyms: alle mulige, alskens, forskellige, forskelligartet
    han annoncerede under «diverse»he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section
* Capable of various forms; multiform.

#### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### References

* “diverse” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

diverse
* inflection of divers:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

### Anagrams

* de Vries

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [diˈverse]
* Rhymes: -erse
* Hyphenation: di‧ver‧se

### Adverb

diverse
* diversely

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.vɛʁs/

### Adjective

diverse
* feminine singular of divers

### Anagrams

* dérives, dérivés, verdies

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

diverse
* inflection of divers:
** strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
** strong nominative/accusative plural
** weak nominative all-gender singular
** weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈvɛr.se/
* Rhymes: -ɛrse
* Hyphenation: di‧vèr‧se

### Adjective

diverse f pl
* feminine plural of diverso

### Verb

diverse
* third-person singular past historic of divergere

### Anagrams

* sedervi, vedersi

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* dīvorsē

### Etymology

From dīversus (“turned different ways”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /diːˈu̯er.seː/, [d̪iːˈu̯ɛrs̠eː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /diˈver.se/, [d̪iˈvɛrse]

### Adverb

dīversē (not comparable)
* in different directions; hither and thither
* (figuratively) variously

#### Related terms

* dīversitās
* dīversus

### References

* “diverse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “diverse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* diverse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* divers, dyvyrs, dyvers, dyverse, dyverce

### Etymology

From Old French divers, from Latin diversus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdivərs/, /ˈdiːvərs/

### Adjective

diverse
* different, differing
* (collectively) distinct, unique; diverse
* various, varying
* strange, odd, unusual
* several, many
* unfriendly

#### Related terms

* diversite

#### Descendants

* English: diverse
* Scots: diverse

#### References

* “dī̆vers(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

### Adverb

diverse
* differently; diversely
* variously

#### Descendants

* English: diverse

#### References

* “dī̆verse, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin diversus, via French divers.

### Adjective

diverse (indeclinable)
* diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous.
    han annonserte under «diverse»he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section
* Capable of various forms; multiform.

### References

* “diverse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin diversus, via French divers.

### Adjective

diverse (indeclinable)
* diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous.
* Capable of various forms; multiform.

### References

* “diverse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Adjective

diverse (not comparable) (plural only)
* various, miscellaneous
    Synonym: allehanda
    Det låg diverse prylar på golvetVarious gadgets lay on the floor

### References

* diverse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* diverse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* diverse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)