单词 | diverge |
释义 | diverge/dʌɪˈvəːdʒ / /dɪˈvəːdʒ/verb [no object] 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 figurative their ways had diverged at university...
Synonyms separate, part, disunite, fork, branch off, divide, subdivide, split, go in different directions, go separate ways technical bifurcate, divaricate, ramify 1.1(Of an opinion, theory, or approach) differ: the coverage by the columnists diverged from that in the main news stories (as adjective diverging) diverging concepts of nation-building...
Synonyms differ, be different, be unlike, be dissimilar; disagree, be at variance, be at odds, be incompatible, come into conflict, conflict, clash 1.2 (diverge from) Depart from (a set course or standard): suddenly he diverged from his text...
Synonyms deviate, digress, depart, veer, swerve, turn away, turn aside, branch off, drift, stray; ramble, wander, meander, maunder; get sidetracked, stray from the point, get off the subject rare divagate 1.3Develop in a different direction: English Gothic architecture began to diverge from that on the Continent...
2 Mathematics (Of a series) increase indefinitely as more of its terms are added.For this series, it also gives a sum if t = 1, but as soon as t>1, the series diverges....
OriginMid 17th century: from medieval Latin divergere, from Latin dis- 'in two ways' + vergere 'to turn or incline'. Rhymes |
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