diverge Definition
di·verge (dī vʉrj′; also di-)
intransitive verb -·verged′, -·verg′·ing
- to go or move in different directions from a common point or from each other; branch off paths that diverge
- to take on gradually a different form or become a different kind diverging customs
- to depart from a given viewpoint, practice, etc.; differ diverging opinions
Etymology: ML divergere (for LL devergere) < L dis-, apart + vergere, to turn: see verge
transitive verb
to make diverge
diverge Synonyms
diverge
v.
diverge Usage Examples
Object
- lens: A diverging spectacle lens permits the eye to focus an image on the retina.
- path: Illiquid saving may then help to explain converging or diverging paths of wealth accumulation.
- opinion: The quality of a journey by Voyager is a subject which generates wildly diverging opinions even among railroad enthusiasts.
- road: Seven central reserve crossing points were closed and two diverging access roads upgraded as part of the works.
- view: The seminar stimulated a lively debate, with widely diverging views aired.
- line: The signal box was just responsible for the diverging lines on the approach to Port Victoria.
Preposition: on
side: The Howe and Co. siding where the old spur to Cotehill Plaster works diverges on the West side of the line.
Preposition: at
angle: They do not often branch and, when branches are found, they usually diverge at an acute angle.
Modifying Another Word
- radically: Asher also points out that the patrol members ' accounts of the action diverge radically.
- considerably: Notably, the author's conclusions diverge considerably from the analysis found in the Commission White Paper on Modernisation.
- significantly: How should policy deal with cases where public perceptions of risks diverge significantly from expert assessments?
- widely: Views diverge widely on whether reservations should be permitted.
- substantially: Based on a simple macroeconomic model, the resulting effects for the national economy in general may diverge substantially from the expected.
Used with why or when
when: For the zeta function, we have, since the series diverges when.
Preposition: from
- ancestor: Since these strains diverged from a recent common ancestor, it appears that five horizontal exchange events have occurred.
- line: I kept seeing several very cliche'd endings coming up, only for them to diverge away from the more obvious plot lines.
- model: In this respect the BNP does not diverge very far from the traditional model.
- pattern: But from 1950 onwards, the aftermath of this war diverged from the earlier pattern.
- route: Loop line A secondary railroad route which diverges from a main route, and then joins the main route again at another location.
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