verb

diversify

to diversify

Farmers should diversify their crops.

Farmers should diversify their crops.

The company plans to diversify into the Asian market.

The company plans to diversify into the Asian market.

((sth.)) to make (sth.) more varied. Farmers should diversify their crops.

((into sth.)) to start to produce a wider range of goods or services. The company plans to diversify into the Asian market.

Synonyms: vary, branch out, expand, broaden

From Latin 'diversus' (diverse) + '-ficare' (to make), via French '-fier'. It literally means 'to make diverse'.

To make something 'diverse' is to diversi-'fy'. The '-fy' suffix often means 'to make', as in clarify or simplify.

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