Diverge

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To go or extend in different directions from a common point; branch out.
  • verb-intransitive. To differ, as in opinion or manner.
  • verb-intransitive. To depart from a set course or norm; deviate. See Synonyms at swerve.
  • verb-intransitive. Mathematics To fail to approach a limit.
  • v. To cause (light rays, for example) to diverge; deflect.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
  • v. To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
  • v. To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
  • v. To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
  • v. Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge.
  • verb-intransitive. To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To move or lie in different directions from a common point; branch off: opposed to converge.
  • In general, to become or be separated from another, or one from another; take different courses or directions: as, diverging trains of thought; lives that diverge one from the other.
  • To differ from a typical form; vary from a normal state or from the truth.
  • In mathematics, to become larger (in modulus) without limit: said of an infinite series when, on adding the terms, beginning with the first, the sum increases indefinitely toward infinity. A series may be divergent without diverging. See divergent series, under divergent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. have no limits as a mathematical series
  • v. be at variance with; be out of line with
  • v. move or draw apart
  • v. extend in a different direction
  • Antonym
    converge   
    Verb Form
    diverged    diverges    diverging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    be   
    Hyponym
    bifurcate    divaricate   
    Form
    diverged    diverging    divergent    divergence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    radiate    branch    divaricate    fork   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    converge    dirge    emerge    merge    purge    reemerge    scourge    serge    splurge    spurge