Diverge

Quick meaning: Diverge is a verb meaning (intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

Meaning

(intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, literally, of a line or path) To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
2. (intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else) To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
3. (intransitive, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
4. A point where a lane branches off from the main flow.
5. (intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.

Example Sentences

Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / […]

The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.

North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge.

Word Forms

• diverges
• diverging
• diverged

Synonyms for diverge

Depending on context, synonyms include deviate, depart, vary.

Antonyms for diverge

Common opposites include converge, conform, meet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include depart, vary, deviate, deflect, separate, divert.

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