adjective

diverse

deye-VURS

adjective

Made up of many different kinds of people or things.

"The city has a wonderfully diverse food scene."

"The company is proud of its diverse workforce."

How to Use Diverse

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishVaried — made up of many different types, backgrounds, or forms.

Easily confused with

divers →

Common pairings

diverse range culturally diverse diverse workforce

Word Forms

more diverse comparative, more diverse comparative, diversed past tense, diverses singular, most diverse superlative, most diverse superlative

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Etymology

From Latin dīversus, "turned different ways," the past participle of dīvertere, "to turn aside" — the same root that gives us divert. A doublet of divert.

Rhymes for diverse

verse averse inverse reverse adverse immerse universe converse perverse disperse traverse multiverse

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