How do you use the word "diverse" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "diverse" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "diverse": The vigorous man is engaged in diverse activities. We find diverse ethnic and economic interests here.

Diverse Meaning

/daɪˈvɜːs/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjConsisting of different elements; various.

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

Sentence Examples

The vigorous man is engaged in diverse activities.

We find diverse ethnic and economic interests here.

People from diverse cultures were invited to the event.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

different various

Antonyms:

same

CEFR Practice Quiz

The university boasts a ____ student body from over fifty different countries.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The vigorous man is engaged in ____ activities.

Word Origin & History

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).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[T]he diverse mone abowt, / Now bryght, now browne, now bent, now full, and now her lyght is owt." — 1537–1542 (date written), Thomas Wyatt, “[Poems Written after 1536] Iopas’ Song”, in A[gnes] K[ate] Foxwell, editor, The Poems of Sir Thomas Wiat […], volume I, London: Hodder and Stoughton [for the] University of London Press, published 1913, →OCLC, stanza 5, page 195, lines 62–63:

"Eloquence is a great and diverse thing." — 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries:

"The stage reflected the increasingly diverse Democratic party in which women and people of color are ascendant. Three women – two more than have ever shared a stage during a presidential primary debate and one of whom is Hindu – a Latino former congressman and a black senator participated." — 2019 June 27, Lauren Gambino, “Democratic 2020 candidates clash on healthcare, immigration and economy in first debate”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2023:

"And they gaue them drinke in veſſels of gold, (the veſſels being diuers one from another) and royall wine in abundance, according to the ſtate of the king." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 1:7, signature Yy2, recto:

"[T]h' old Chäos (vvombe of th' Universe) / VVas never made of Members more diverſe." — 1614, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “Bethulia’s Rescue. The Wonder of Widowes: Honour of Wives: Mirrour of Maids. The Third Book.”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], London: […] Robert Young, published 1633, →OCLC, page 490, column 1:

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