diverge
To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directionsTo run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
» The harmonic series diverges.
Die harmonische Reihe divergiert.
Die harmonische Reihe ist divergent.
Гармонический ряд расходится.
Гармонічний ряд розходиться.
Meaning
5 senses(intransitive, literally)To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
divergieren, auseinandergehen, auseinander gehen
отклоня́тьсяotklonjátʹsja, расходи́тьсяrasxodítʹsja
(figuratively, intransitive)To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
(intransitive, literally)To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
extend in a different direction
(figuratively, intransitive)To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
(intransitive)Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
The sequence x#95;n#61;n² diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
The sequence a#95;n#61;(-1)ⁿ diverges; it keeps oscillating between -1 and 1.
divergieren
расходи́тьсяrasxodítʹsja
Examples
12 sentencesThe harmonic series diverges.
Гармонічний ряд розходиться.
ruГармонический ряд расходится.
deDie harmonische Reihe divergiert.
The roads diverge up ahead; take the left one.
On the best time to drink this wine, opinions diverge.
After school, their lives diverged.
Our paths diverged after school.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dīFrom Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).
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Forms
diverges, diverging, diverged, divergedSynonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle