diverse
Meaning
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- Consisting of many different elements; various.
- Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
- Capable of various forms; multiform.
- Composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics in terms of, for example, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, etc., and having a sizeable representation of people that are minorities in a given area.
- Belonging to a minority group.
Synonyms
of all kinds
rich in variety
of various kinds
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/daɪˈvɜːs/
Etymology
From Old French divers, from Latin diversus (“various, different”), also written divorsus, past participle of diverto, divortere (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”); see divert.
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