diversify

«diversify» in Mova's school dictionary: To make something more varied or to start doing more… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (diversify, diversifies, diversified, diversifying)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make something more varied or to start doing more different kinds of things. tree →

2) (money, business) To spread money or work across different areas so as not to depend on one thing. tree →

3) (biology) To develop into many different kinds over time. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography, economics and money lessons, farms, towns and companies diversify to reduce risk; in science, living things diversify through evolution; phrases: «diversify into», «diversify your diet», «diversify your savings».

examples

• Farmers diversify by growing different crops. tree →
• The library wants to diversify its books. tree →
• Try to diversify your diet with more fruit and vegetables. tree →
• The company decided to diversify into electric bikes. tree →
• Over millions of years, birds diversified into thousands of species. tree →
• The town needed to diversify after the mine closed. tree →

note

Verb forms: diversifies, diversified, diversifying. Noun: diversification. Related: diverse, diversity.

Trees and pragmatics

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