diverse
Etymology
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Etymology
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.
Pronunciation Adjectivediverse
- Consisting of many different elements; various.
- Synonyms: manifold, Thesaurus:heterogeneous
- Antonyms: homogeneous, Thesaurus:homogeneous
- 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.
- Capable of various forms; multiform.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries:
- Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.
- 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.
- (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.
- 2016 January 22, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:
- 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
- In different directions; diversely.
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