diverse
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
including many different types of things or people.
composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities.
Simple“The city has a very diverse population with people from all over the world.”
In context“The ecosystem supports a diverse range of flora and fauna, many of which are found nowhere else on the continent.”
UsageOften followed by the preposition 'range of'.
SynonymsAntonyms - 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
including people from different backgrounds, such as different races, genders, or religions.
composed of people from a variety of demographic backgrounds, particularly those representing minority groups.
Simple“The company is trying to hire a more diverse workforce this year.”
In context“The university's commitment to a diverse student body is reflected in its revised admissions policy and outreach programmes.”
Teacher's tipIn modern business and academic contexts, this often specifically implies the inclusion of underrepresented groups.
Synonyms - 03 C1 Advanced
different from each other.
differing from one another; not the same.
Simple“The two brothers had very diverse interests, one loving sports and the other art.”
In context“Although they share a common ancestor, the two languages have evolved in diverse directions over the last millennium.”
SynonymsAntonyms
Usage diverse group · ethnically diverse · increasingly diverse
“The UK’s biggest annual art festival returns, taking over pretty much every space in the Scottish capital with a raft of diverse exhibitions.”
“Bees are one of the most diverse insect groups .”
PIE word *dwóh₁ The adjective is derived from Middle English divers, diverse (“different, divergent”), from Anglo-Norman divers, Anglo-Norman divers, and Old French divers (“different; of various kinds”) (modern French divers), and directly from their etymon Latin dīversus (“different, diverse”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of dīvertō (“to divert, turn away”), from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + vertō (“to turn”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”)). Doublet of divert. The adverb is derived from Middle English diverse (“differently; at various times”), from divers, diverse (adjective) (see above).
From Middle English diversen (“to differ, diverge; to become different, change; to vary; to change or vary (something); to make a distinction, distinguish; to divert”), from Anglo-Norman diverser, Middle French diverser, and Old French diverser (“to alter, change; to differ, diverge; to disagree”), from Late Latin diversare (“to differ”), and then either: * a frequentative form of Latin dīvertere, the present active infinitive of dīvertō (see etymology 1); or * from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + versāre (the present active infinitive of versō (“to alter, change; to keep turning, whirl”), a frequentative form of vertō: see etymology 1). Etymology 2 sense 1 (“synonym of diversify”) became obsolete in the 16th century, and was probably recoined in the 20th century.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.