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

• (British) IPA: /daɪˈvɜːs/
• (America) IPA: /dɪ.ˈvɝs/, /daɪ.ˈvɝs/, /ˈdaɪ.ˌvɝs/

diverse

1. Consisting of many different elements; various.

   Synonyms: manifold, Thesaurus:heterogeneous

   Antonyms: homogeneous, Thesaurus:homogeneous

2. Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:different

   • 1797?, Jonathan Edwards, A Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity; containing remarks on the essays of Dr. Samuel West, and on the writings of several other authors, on those subjects.

     It must be observed concerning moral Inability, in each kind of it, that the word Inability is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.

   • 1876, Robert Browning, Bifurcation:

     Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.

3. Capable of various forms; multiform.
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries:

     Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.

4. Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.
5. (nonstandard) Belonging to a minority group.
   • 2016 January 22, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:

     The Board’s goal is to commit to doubling the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020.

   • 2018 November 17, Saturday Night Live, season 44, episode 6, Voter Fraud (cold open):

     Here to comment is diverse Congresswoman from Ohio […] Marcia Fudge.

• divert
• diversity

• French: divers
• German: mannigfaltig, divers, abwechslungsreich
• Italian: vario, diverso, svariato
• Portuguese: diverso
• Russian: разнообра́зный
• Spanish: diverso

• French: différent
• German: verschieden, unterschiedlich
• Italian: diverso
• Portuguese: diverso, diferente, distinto
• Russian: разли́чный
• Spanish: diferente

• French: diversifié
• German: vielfältig
• Spanish: diverso

diverse

1. In different directions; diversely.