diverse

See also: divèrse

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French divers, from Latin diversus (“various, different”), also written divorsus, past participle of diverto, divortere (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”); see divert.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /daɪˈvɜːs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /dɨ.ˈvɝs/, /daɪ.ˈvɝs/, /ˈdaɪ.vɚs/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Adjective

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)

  1. Consisting of many different elements; various.
  2. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
    • J. Edwards
      The word […] is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.
    • R. Browning
      Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.
    • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
      In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
  3. Capable of various forms; multiform.
    • Ben Jonson
      Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
  4. Containing people groups that are minorities in a given area
  5. Belonging to a minority group

Antonyms

Translations

Adverb

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)

  1. In different directions; diversely.

Further reading

  • diverse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • diverse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Latin diversus, via French divers

Adjective

diverse

  1. various, sundry, miscellaneous, incidental.
    • han annoncerede under «diverse»
      • he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section
    • Synonyms:
      • alle mulige
      • alskens
      • forskellige
      • forskelligartet
  2. Capable of various forms; multiform.

Inflection

Inflection of diverse
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular diverse — —2
Neuter singular diverse — —2
Plural diverse — —2
Definite attributive1 diverse — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • diverse(file)

Adjective

diverse

  1. Inflected form of divers

Anagrams

Esperanto

Adverb

diverse

  1. diversely

French

Adjective

diverse

  1. feminine singular of divers

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Adjective

diverse

  1. inflected form of divers

Italian

Adjective

diverse f pl

  1. Feminine plural of adjective diverso.

Verb

diverse

  1. third-person singular past historic of divergere

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dīversus (“turned different ways”)

Adverb

dīversē (not comparable)

  1. in different directions; hither and thither
  2. (figuratively) variously

References

  • diverse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • diverse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diverse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French divers, from Latin diversus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdivərs/, /ˈdiːvərs/

Adjective

diverse

  1. different, differing
  2. (collectively) distinct, unique; diverse
  3. various, varying
  4. strange, odd, unusual
  5. several, many
  6. unfriendly

Descendants

References

Adverb

diverse

  1. differently; diversely
  2. variously

Descendants

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin diversus, via French divers

Adjective

diverse (indeclinable)

  1. diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous.
    han annonserte under «diverse»
    he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section
  2. Capable of various forms; multiform.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin diversus, via French divers

Adjective

diverse (indeclinable)

  1. diverse, various, sundry, miscellaneous.
  2. Capable of various forms; multiform.

References

Swedish

Adjective

diverse (not comparable) (plural only)

  1. diverse, various, different
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