diverge

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive, literally) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
3. (intransitive, literally) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
4. (figuratively, intransitive) To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
5. (intransitive) Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.

Noun

A point where a lane branches off from the main flow.

Synonyms

deviate

deflect

vary

digress

separate

depart

turn

differ

veer

alter

divert

diviate

swerve

divergent

part

metamorphose

disperse

redirect

wander

change

branch off

go astray

branch out

drift

divaricated

transform

split

split up

spread

stray

transgress

transpire

turn away

vacate

wrong

deviate from

differ from

stand off

turn aside

wander from the subject

change direction

discerp

divorce

off-track

deviate from the main theme

physical defect

off track

aberrate

askew

break up

Translations

diverger

divergere

divergieren

divergir

αποκλίνω

divergir

διίσταμαι

divergir

abweichen

dévier

divergent

afwijken

uiteenlopen

ayrılmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).