diverge
UK /daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/ · US /dɪˈvɝd͡ʒ/ verb, noun
Forms diverges diverging diverged
- verb (intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
- verb (intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions. “Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.”
- verb (intransitive, literally, of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path). “The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.”
- verb (intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else) To become different, to separate (from another line or path). “The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.”
- verb (intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit. “The sequence x#95;n#61;n² diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.”
- noun A point where a lane branches off from the main flow.
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); --opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.
- verb To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
Etymology [L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See Verge.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “diverge”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details