diversified

Language: en

🇺🇸 /daɪˈvɜrsəˌfaɪd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Having variety or diversity; consisting of many different elements or types.; Relating to or involving investment in a range of different assets to reduce risk.; Having expanded into multiple areas of business or activity beyond a single original focus.
  2. verb
    Past tense and past participle of 'diversify'; made more varied or diverse.; Past tense and past participle of 'diversify'; spread investments across different assets or sectors to reduce financial risk.; Past tense and past participle of 'diversify'; expanded a business into new products, services, or markets.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: diversifies Past: diversified Past part.: diversified Pres part.: diversifying

Collocations

diversified portfoliodiversified economydiversify intowell-diversifieddiversify holdingsdiversified company

Derivatives

diversificationdiversifieddiversifierdiversediversitydiversely

Synonyms

variedvariegatedmultifacetedheterogeneousmixed

Antonyms

uniformhomogeneousconcentratedspecialized

Commonly confused

diverse
EN: 'Diverse' describes something that inherently has variety; 'diversified' implies variety was deliberately created through action.
diversity
EN: 'Diversity' is the noun referring to the state of being varied; 'diversify' is the verb meaning to make more varied.

Spelling tips

EN: The 'y' changes to 'i' before suffixes: diversify → diversified, diversification. Don't write 'diversifyed' or 'diversifycation'.

💬 Examples

  1. The company has a diversified portfolio of products spanning electronics, healthcare, and finance.

  2. Financial advisors recommend maintaining a diversified investment strategy to minimize exposure to market volatility.

  3. The once small bakery is now a diversified food corporation with restaurants, catering services, and retail outlets.

  4. The farmer diversified his crops to include wheat, corn, and soybeans after years of growing only cotton.

  5. She diversified her retirement savings by adding bonds and international stocks to her previously all-domestic equity portfolio.

  6. The technology firm diversified into artificial intelligence and cloud computing after dominating the smartphone market.