diverge
11diverge — UK [daɪˈvɜː(r)dʒ] / US [daɪˈvɜrdʒ] verb [intransitive] Word forms diverge : present tense I/you/we/they diverge he/she/it diverges present participle diverging past tense diverged past participle diverged 1) to start to go in separate directions… …
12diverge — di|verge [daıˈvə:dʒ, dı US ə:rdʒ] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: divergere, from [i]Latin vergere to lean ] 1.) if similar things diverge, they develop in different ways and so are no longer similar ▪ The two species diverged… …
13diverge — di|verge [ daı vɜrdʒ ] verb intransitive 1. ) to start to go in separate directions: The two roads diverge at the entrance to the woods. 2. ) to develop and become different after being the same: diverge from: Their views on foreign policy… …
14diverge — v. (D; intr.) to diverge from * * * [daɪ vɜːdʒ] (D; intr.) to diverge from …
15diverge — verb (I) 1 if two lines or paths diverge, they go in different directions 2 if two things diverge, they become different although they used to be the same: Our business interests diverged and we had to sell the company. opposite converge …
16diverge — [daɪˈvɜːdʒ] verb [I] 1) to go in separate directions The two roads diverge at the entrance to the woods.[/ex] 2) to develop and become different after being the same He was prepared to diverge from established policies.[/ex] …
17diverge — verb /daɪˈvɜːdʒ/ a) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / b) To become …
18diverge — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably, dramatically, sharply, significantly, widely ▪ slightly ▪ rapidly PREPOSITION …
19diverge — Synonyms and related words: aberrate, agree to disagree, alter, ameliorate, angle, angle off, be changed, be converted into, be distinct, be distinguished, be renewed, bear off, bend, bestrew, bias, bottom out, branch off, branch out, break,… …
20diverge — When two things diverge, they move farther apart (just as when they converge they come together). It is not a word that should be applied freely to any difference of opinion, but only to those in which a rift is widening …
