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DIVERGE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move or draw apart

Example:

The two paths diverge here

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "diverge" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "diverge"):

branch; fork; furcate; ramify; separate (divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

converge (move or draw together at a certain location)

Derivation:

divergence; divergency (the act of moving away in different direction from a common point)

divergent (tending to move apart in different directions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be at variance with; be out of line with

Synonyms:

depart; deviate; diverge; vary

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "diverge" is one way to...):

differ (be different)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "diverge"):

aberrate (diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration)

aberrate (diverge from the expected)

belie; contradict; negate (be in contradiction with)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

divergence (a variation that deviates from the standard or norm)

divergent (diverging from another or from a standard)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Extend in a different direction

Example:

Their interests diverged

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "diverge"):

divaricate (branch off)

bifurcate (split or divide into two)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

converge (be adjacent or come together)

Derivation:

divergency (the act of moving away in different direction from a common point)

divergent (tending to move apart in different directions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Have no limits as a mathematical series

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "diverge" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Antonym:

converge (be adjacent or come together)

converge (approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit)

Derivation:

divergence; divergency (an infinite series that has no limit)

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