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diversification

diversification

16 6.1
Making different kinds of investments or products to reduce risk and get better results
  • noun
  • /ˌdaɪvɜrˌsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : diversificación
  • Investing in different industries is crucial for diversification in your portfolio.
  • linguistic diversification
  • crop diversification
  • economic diversification

So you're kind of spearheading the diversification of GPUs.

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Examples

  • And in that diversification there was room for expansion of new types of functions.

  • Both an index fund and ETF offer you a low cost solution, diversification, and a proven track record.

  • These are all great companies, but having some diversification is a really good thing.

  • The key is low cost diversification and then not day trading.

  • Our major strength is diversification.

  • The increasing racial diversification of our schools requires such an approach.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The private sector leads in innovation, creating jobs and economic diversification, with new capital investment being sustained over time.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In higher education systems throughout the world, the need for diversification and differentiation is recognized.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Recent changes in census data collection and household trends strongly indicate the diversification of American households.

    Academic text (2013)
  • One rational and cost-effective method may be the implementation of increased agricultural crop diversification.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

broadening
vsdiversification
3 3.5

A change that makes something wider or includes more things

focuses on adding variety mainly to reduce risk or improve results

Antonyms

43 5.5

To join several groups or parts together to make one stronger unit

uniformity
  • Specialized
18 4.6

The state of being the same in all parts

How Varied

plurality
9 7.1
diversification
  • Specialized
16 6.1
variation
113 3.0
sameness
10 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

diversification = diversify (transparent) = diverse + ify + ation

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ation' to 'diversify' (itself 'diverse' + '-ify'), yielding the process/result 'making diverse'; the sequence is regular and meaning is predictable.

Etymology

Diversification comes from diverse ('different') plus the ending -fication ('making'), a bit like in simplification. So diversification is literally the 'making of different things', which is why it means increasing variety to lower risk — for example, spreading investments so you do not put all your eggs in one basket.