diversify

UK: /daɪˈvɜː^rsɪfaɪ/

US: /dɪˈvɝsəˌfaɪ, daɪ-/

US: (di vûr′sə fī′, dī-)

Inflections of 'diversify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

diversifies

v 3rd person singular

diversifying

v pres p

diversified

v past

diversified

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

di•ver•si•fy /dɪˈvɜrsəˌfaɪ, daɪ-/   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-/  n. [uncountable] See -vert-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

di•ver•si•fy  (di vûr′sə fī′, dī-), v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to make diverse, as in form or character;
   give variety or diversity to;
   variegate.
2. Business to invest in different types of (securities, industries, etc.).
3. Agriculture to produce different types of (manufactured products, crops, etc.).

v.i. 

4. Business to invest in different types of industries, securities, etc.
5. Business to 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•ver′si•fi′a•ble, adj. 
di•ver′si•fi′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
di•ver′si•fi′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

diversify / daɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ/ verb ( -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