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diverging

diverging

5.4
Moving apart and becoming different from each other
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈvɜrdʒɪŋ/
translation icon : divergente
  • The two roads were diverging, leading travelers in different directions.

Examples

  • And the victorious countries also had diverging views.

  • As the conversation progressed, their opinions started diverging significantly.

  • So you take diverging plus oscillating, and what do you get?

  • Females are really diverging liberal and males are really diverging toward conservative.

  • Instead of the tracks diverging forever, there's a loop.

  • So anyway, diverging from Tesla, but that's a little bit of bad news for Tesla.

  • In the debate, the candidates began diverging in their plans for the future.

Synonyms

divergent
vsdiverging
20 6.5

Tending to become different and move apart

has the same meaning but uses a different grammatical form

Antonyms

converging
5.6

Things coming together at the same point

Compounds

diverging lens
  • Specialized
6.5

A lens that makes parallel light rays spread out after passing through it

How Different

to fan out
30 3.7
diverging
5.4

Surface Forms

diverging positive

Morphology

diverging = diverge (transparent) = diverge + ing

The present-participial form is a regular derivation from the verb 'diverge' and preserves its basic meaning.

Etymology

Diverging comes from old Latin parts di- 'apart' and vergere 'to bend or turn', so it gives the image of two paths or ideas 'turning away' from each other. That's why diverging means things are moving apart or becoming different, a bit like reverse which also carries the idea of 'turning'.