diversified

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(di vûrsə fīd′, dī-)

From the verb diversify: (⇒ conjugate)
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•ver•si•fied  (di vûrsə fīd′, dī-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects:diversified activity.
  2. distributed among or producing several types;
    varied:diversified investments.
  • diversify + -ed2 1605–15

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•ver•si•fy /dɪˈvɜrsəˌfaɪ, daɪ-/USA pronunciation   v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
  1. to give or increase variety or diversity to: [+ object]to diversify the campus by hiring people with unusual interests.[no object]The college had already diversified greatly by hiring people with wider interests.
  2. to distribute (investments) among different types of securities or industries: [+ object]to diversify one's holdings.[no object]They urged us to diversify and not keep all our money in one investment type.
  3. to expand (a business or product line) by manufacturing a larger variety of different products: [+ object]He diversified the company.[no object]The overseas companies were diversifying more rapidly.
di•ver•si•fi•ca•tion /dɪˌvɜrsəfɪˈkeɪʃən, daɪ-/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -vert-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
di•ver•si•fy  (di vûrsə fī′, dī-),USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
v.t. 
  1. to make diverse, as in form or character;
    give variety or diversity to;
    variegate.
  2. Businessto invest in different types of (securities, industries, etc.).
  3. Agricultureto produce different types of (manufactured products, crops, etc.).

v.i. 
  1. Businessto invest in different types of industries, securities, etc.
  2. Businessto add different types of manufactured products, crops, etc., esp. to a business.
  • Medieval Latin dīversificāre, equivalent. to Latin dīvers(us) diverse + -ificāre -ify
  • Anglo-French diversifier
  • late Middle English 1400–50
di•versi•fi′a•ble, adj. 
di•ver′si•fi′a•bili•ty, n. 
di•versi•fi′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
diversify / daɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ/ ( -fies, -fying, -fied)
  1. (transitive) to create different forms of; variegate; vary
  2. (of an enterprise) to vary (products, operations, etc) in order to spread risk, expand, etc
  3. to distribute (investments) among several securities in order to spread risk
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French diversifier, from Medieval Latin dīversificāre, from Latin dīversus diverse + facere to make
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