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di·verse (d -vûrs , d -, d vûrs )adj.1. Differing one from another. 2. Made up of distinct characteristics, qualities, or elements: "Prague ... offers visitors a series of excursions into a rich and diverse past" (Olivier Bernier).
[Middle English divers, from Old French divers, from Latin d versus, past participle of d vertere, to divert; see divert.]
di·verse ly adv. di·verse ness n. |
Diverseness See Also: DIFFERENCES, PERSONAL TRAITS - He [Shakespeare] was as many-sided as clouds are many-formed —Robert G. Ingersoll
- (We had come up to the farm for our four summer weeks, and Maine was all before us) as various and new as the flow of the heavy tides —Barry Targan
- As various as a Cook’s tour —Delmore Schwartz
- As various as a duck-billed platypus —Jean Stafford
- Diverse as a smorgasbord table —Anon
- Diverse as weather, changeful as the wind —Robert Hillyer
- (She) had as many registers as a fine old organ —Vicki Baum
- Like a Russian doll nesting ever smaller dolls inside of it, I house an infinity of selves —Daphne Merkin
- Multi-faceted like a crystal chandelier —Anon
- Varied as the expressions of the human face —George H. Ellwanger With this book as an example, one might add “And as varied as the similes to describe those expressions.”
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | diverseness - noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing"biodiversity - the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirable" |
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