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diverge
(d/I/'v/[@]/r/dZ/ )

verb (v)

  • move or draw apart(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The two paths diverge here.
    Antonym:
    converge
    source: wordnet30
  • have no limits as a mathematical series(verb.stative)
    source: wordnet30
  • extend in a different direction(verb.stative)
    Example:
    The lines start to diverge here.
    Their interests diverged.
    Antonym:
    converge, meet
    source: wordnet30
  • be at variance with; be out of line with(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    depart, deviate, vary
    Antonym:
    conform
    source: wordnet30
  • 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)
    source: webster1913
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