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dy-VURS-if-eye/daɪˈvɜːsɪfaɪ/

To diversify is to increase the range of products, activities, or people: diversify a portfolio, diversify a workforce. Diversity (already in the dictionary) is the noun; vary is everyday; concentrate sits opposite. One night volunteer is not a policy.

Meaning

To increase the range of products, activities, or people involved.

Examples

• “Diversify the marker pool; do not treat one night volunteer as a diversity policy.”
• “Vary is everyday. Expand is wider. Diversity is already in this course. A volunteer is one person. A pool is a list with times. Recruit more names; then write the policy sentence.”

Good to know

Widen the range of what you do or who is involved. Noun: diversity (already in the dictionary). Everyday: vary. One volunteer ≠ a policy.

Near in meaning

vary

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