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to diversify

to diversify

63 5.3
To add different kinds of products or activities to reduce risk
  • verb
  • /dɪˈvɜːrsɪfaɪ/
translation icon : diversificar
  • That's why our second campaign priority is to diversify our programs and to expand our global reach.
  • diversify portfolios
  • diversify away risk
  • diversify markets

I kept on seeing posts that were saying to diversify your feed.

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Examples

  • I think they will help us to diversify our risks.

  • Instead, why not in this time actively begin to diversify your network?

  • And they were just trying to figure out how to diversify the use case of it.

  • You might want to diversify your savings.

  • But after they diversify, their returns go down, not up.

  • I kept on seeing posts that were saying to diversify your feed.

  • Care homes will certainly have to diversify and specialize to handle the impact of public funding cuts.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Until the EU can liberalize its energy markets and diversify its supplies, Moscow will have the upper hand.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Others connected to the fishery are pondering how the extra funding to diversify the economy will help their communities.

    Academic text (1990)
  • To reduce financial risk, it's wise to diversify your investments across different industries.

Synonyms

to vary
vsto diversify
95 2.6

Make something a little different

adds different types deliberately to lower risk or expand options
to broaden
vsto diversify
92 3.9

To make or become wider and include more things

adds different types specifically to reduce risk and increase opportunities
to branch out
vsto diversify
23 4.0

To try new activities or areas to grow what you do

mixes types across current activities to reduce risk rather than just start new ones
to broaden horizons
vsto diversify
5 3.7

To learn new things and try new experiences

expands types used in a wider life or work context to lower risk
to variegate
vsto diversify
1 8.8

To make something more varied by adding different colours or marks

does the same but focuses on reducing risk and increasing opportunities
to mongrelize
vsto diversify
9.9

To mix different methods and ideas to create a new approach

aims to reduce risk or increase opportunities by adding different types

Antonyms

208 4.3

To focus on one area of work or study and become an expert

83 4.2

To make things the same by using one set of rules

How Varied

to transform
523 3.4
to diversify
63 5.3
to broaden
92 3.9
to vary
239 2.5

Surface Forms

diversify infinitive
diversified past participle
diversifying present participle
diversifies third person singular

Morphology

diversify = diverse (transparent) = diverse + ify

Formed by the adjective 'diverse' + productive suffix '-ify' meaning 'make', so the meaning 'make varied' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word diversify comes from the same root as diverse and diversity, from a Latin word diversus meaning 'different', and the ending -fy means 'to make'. So, to diversify is to 'make different' things, for example adding many kinds of investments to reduce risk.