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di‧ver‧si‧fy
past tense and past participle diversified, present participle diversifying, third person singular diversifies
past tense and past participle diversified, present participle diversifying, third person singular diversifies1 [intransitive and transitive]BBPE if a business, company, country etc diversifies, it increases the range of goods or services it produces
We need to diversify the economy.
We need to diversify the economy.2 [intransitive and transitive] to change something or to make it change so that there is more variety :
User requirements have diversified over the years.
User requirements have diversified over the years.3 [intransitive] technical to put money into several different types of investment instead of only one or two
diversify into
Spread the risk by diversifying into dollar bonds.
Spread the risk by diversifying into dollar bonds. —diversification
noun [uncountable]
diversification of the rural economy
noun [uncountable]
diversification of the rural economy