diversify
verbUK /daɪˈvɜː.sɪ.faɪ/ · US /daɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French diversifier, equivalent to diverse + -ify.
1
To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
- Months after the incident happened, he did a PBS special in which he talked about the “joys and challenges of birding while Black” and was featured in the Washington Post about his desire to diversify the activity.2023 June 19, Morgan Jerkins, “‘She doesn’t have the power’: Central Park birdwatcher Christian Cooper on why racist ‘incident’ won’t define him”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
2
To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks.
- Antonyms
- homogenize, purify
- Derived terms
- codiversify, diversifiability, diversifiable, diversificate, glycodiversify, hyperdiversify, overdiversify, rediversify, underdiversify
- Hypernyms
- alter