Diverge Meaning
/daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
verbTo become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
Sentence Examples
The roads diverge up ahead; take the left one.
On the best time to drink this wine, opinions diverge.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The two roads ____ near the old bridge, forcing drivers to choose different routes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The roads ____ up ahead take the left one.
Word Origin & History
From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The brooding, black-clad singer bridged a stark divide that emerged in the recording industry in the 1950s, as post-Elvis pop singers diverged into two camps and audiences aligned themselves with either the sideburned rebels of rock 'n' roll or the cowboy-hatted twangsters of country music."
— 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 28:
"“Earth Two,” a new series by writer James Robinson and artist Nicola Scott, reintroduces the concept by putting a new spin on the original versions of characters like the Green Lantern, the Flash and Superman that diverges notably from the past several decades of DC lore."
— 2012 June 1, Matthew Perpetua, “Original Green Lantern comes out as gay in DC Comics’ ‘Earth Two’”, in CNN:
"The last 61 miles of the journey, from Kongsberg to Oslo, are through much less mountainous country. The railway curves sharply away from the Lågan^([sic]), and descends steadily, and in places steeply, past the head of Lake Fiskerumvatn to Hokksund, where the connecting line to the Bergen-Oslo Railway at Hønefoss diverges."
— 1956 April, H. A. Vallance, “To Oslo via Stavanger”, in Railway Magazine, page 219:
"Aedeagus in lateral view with preatrium well developed, almost as long as shaft, shaft slender, tubular, straight, diverging from line of preatrium about 30°, with membranous flanges on dorsal side variable in shape, dorsoatrium absent but with pair of ligaments connecting to anal tube laterally, in ventral view aedeagus shaft and preatrium nearly broadened at atrium, gonopore apical (Figs 4C, 4F–4I, 5A and 5G–5I )."
— 2015 October 1, “Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
"North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge."
— 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The two roads ____ near the old bridge, forcing drivers to choose different routes.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The roads ____ up ahead take the left one.