diversified

«diversified» in Mova's school dictionary: Made more varied; spread across many different kinds of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (past and past participle of diversify); adjective (a diversified business)

meaning for a pupil

1) Made more varied; spread across many different kinds of things. tree →

2) (business, money) Having many different products, jobs or investments instead of just one. tree →

sense in the lessons

In economics and geography, a diversified economy or farm does many things; in biology, species diversified over time; phrases: «a diversified economy», «diversified into».

examples

• The farm diversified into cheese-making and holiday cottages. tree →
• A diversified diet includes many different foods. tree →
• Mammals diversified after the dinosaurs died out. tree →
• The company diversified from toys into video games. tree →
• A diversified economy is less hit when one industry fails. tree →
• Our school club has diversified: it now does chess, coding and drama. tree →
• By degrees the conception of Eros became multiplied and we hear of little love-gods (Amors), who appear under the most charming and diversified forms. tree →

note

From diversify: y → i + ed. Adjective use: «a diversified portfolio». «Diversified into» + new area.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «diversified» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.