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- Dictionarydiverge/dʌɪˈvəːdʒ/
verb
- 1. (of a road, route, or line) separate from another route and go in a different direction: "the flight path diverged from the original flight plan" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a series) increase indefinitely as more of its terms are added.
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The meaning of DIVERGE is to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart. How to use diverge in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Diverge.
DIVERGE definition: 1. to follow a different direction, or to be or become different: 2. to follow a different…. Learn more.
1. to separate or cause to separate and go in different directions from a point. 2. (intransitive) to be at variance; differ. our opinions diverge. 3. (intransitive) to deviate from a prescribed course. 4. (intransitive) mathematics. (of a series or sequence) to have no limit.
DIVERGE meaning: 1. to follow a different direction, or to be or become different: 2. to follow a different…. Learn more.
To diverge means to move apart or be separate. The poet, Robert Frost, wrote: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -/ I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference." The word diverge in the poem carries both the meaning of separating and of being apart from the main.
[intransitive] diverge from something to be or become different from what is expected, planned, etc. to diverge from the norm; He diverged from established procedure.
DIVERGE definition: 1. to be different, or to develop in a different way: 2. to go in different directions: . Learn more.
DIVERGE meaning: 1 : to split and move out in different directions from a single point; 2 : to be or become different.
1. If one thing diverges from another similar thing, the first thing becomes different from the second or develops differently from it. You can also say that two things diverge. [...] 2. If one opinion or idea diverges from another, they contradict each other or are different.
1. To go or extend in different directions from a common point; branch out: "All modern species diverged from a set of ancestors" (Jennifer Ackerman). 2. a. To depart from an established pattern or norm; deviate. b. To be different, as in opinion or manner; differ: Opinions diverged within the government on how to deal with the crisis.
