diverse
Consisting of different elements; various.
Adjective 3 meanings
Consisting of different elements; various.
Capable of or having various forms in different situations or at different times; multiform.
Not the same; different, dissimilar, distinct.
Verb 1 meaning
Synonym of diversify.
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ The adjective is derived from Middle English divers, diverse (“different, divergent”), from Anglo-Norman divers, Anglo-Norman divers, and Old French divers (“different; of various kinds”) (modern French divers), and directly from their etymon Latin dīversus (“different, diverse”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of dīvertō (“to divert, turn away”), from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + vertō (“to turn”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”)).
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DIVERSE at a glance
DIVERSE has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + V 4 + E 1 + R 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,665 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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