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diversify

[ dih-vur-suh-fahy, dahy- ]

verb (used with object)

diversified, diversifying.
  1. to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
  2. to invest in different types of (securities, industries, etc.).
  3. to produce different types of (manufactured products, crops, etc.).


verb (used without object)

diversified, diversifying.
  1. to invest in different types of industries, securities, etc.
  2. to add different types of manufactured products, crops, etc., especially to a business.

diversify

/ 岹ɪˈɜːɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. tr to create different forms of; variegate; vary
  2. (of an enterprise) to vary (products, operations, etc) in order to spread risk, expand, etc
  3. to distribute (investments) among several securities in order to spread risk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 徱ˈˌھ, adjective
  • 徱ˌˌھˈٲ, noun
  • 徱ˈˌھ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 徱·s·ھa· adjective
  • 徱·ȴ·ھa·i·ٲ noun
  • 徱·s·ھe noun
  • v·徱·s·ڲ verb overdiversified overdiversifying
  • ܲd·s·ڲiԲ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of diversify1

1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French diversifier < Medieval Latin īھ, equivalent to Latin ī ( us ) diverse + -ify
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of diversify1

C15: from Old French diversifier, from Medieval Latin īھ, from Latin īus diverse + facere to make
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No one knows how long it could take the market to recover this time, but experts recommend investors begin thinking about how to reduce risk by diversifying their portfolios.

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Experts and regulators are at pains to point out that investments can go down as well as up, and urge people not to put everything into one investment, but to diversify.

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The initiative comes as many farms search for other ways to diversify their income.

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If someone tells me, “I have my supply chain diversified, I don’t have only one source of export. I have Indonesia. I have Egypt,” then this uncertainty comes down.”

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Though he began on TikTok, he has spent the last several years creating thousands of posts to diversify his presence across platforms.

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