diverse

CEFRB1

/daɪˈvɜːs/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Including many different types of people or things.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Capable of or having various forms in different situations or at different times; multiform.

Examples

  • People from diverse cultures were invited to the event.

  • The vigorous man is engaged in diverse activities.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /dɑeˈvɜːs/
  • /dɪˈvɝs/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; especially, having a sizeable repres...

  2. Consisting of different elements; various.

  3. Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; especially, having a sizeable representation of people who are minorities in the community, organization, etc.

More examples

In context

  • We find diverse ethnic and economic interests here.

  • [T]he diverse mone abowt, / Now bryght, now browne, now bent, now full, and now her lyght is owt.

  • Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.

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Origin

adjective

PIE word *dwóh₁ The adjective is derived from Middle English divers, diverse (“different, divergent”), from Anglo-Norman divers, Anglo-Norman divers, and Old French divers (“different; of various kinds”) (modern French divers), and directly from their etymon Latin dīversus (“different, diverse”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of dīvertō (“to divert, turn away”), from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + vertō (“to turn”) (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).