diverseとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French divers, from Latin diversus (“various, different”), also written divorsus, past participle of diverto, divortere (“to turn または go different ways, part, separate, divert”); see divert.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /daɪˈvɜːs/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ˈvɝs/, /daɪ.ˈvɝs/, /ˈdaɪ.vɚs/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)s

形容詞

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)

1. Consisting of many different elements; various.
2. Different; dissimilar; distinct; not the same
   • 1797?, Jonathan Edwards, A Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity; containing remarks on the essays of Dr. Samuel West, and on the writings of several other authors, on those subjects.

     It must be observed concerning moral Inability, in each kind of it, that the word Inability is used in a sense very diverse from its original import.

   • 1876, Robert Browning, Bifurcation

     Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she.

   • 1998, Ken Shelton, Integrity at Work, page 42:

     This is what collectivism forgot — the freedom to be diverse, and the conception of each diverse individual being inherently of equal value and having open-ended potential for contribution.

   • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

     In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

3. Capable of various forms; multiform.
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries

     Eloquence is a great and diverse thing.

4. Containing people groups that are minorities in a given area.
   • 2019 June 27, Lauren Gambino, “Democratic 2020 candidates clash on healthcare, immigration and economy in first debate”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The stage reflected the increasingly diverse Democratic party in which women and people of color are ascendent.

5. (まれに, nonstandard) Belonging to a minority group.

   Idris Elba was a diverse hire for the franchise

   • 2018 November 17, Saturday Night Live, season 44, episode 6, Voter Fraud (cold open):

     Here to comment is diverse Congresswoman from Ohio […] Marcia Fudge.

同意語

• (consisting of many different elements): diverse, manifold; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
• (different): See also Thesaurus:different

反意語

• (consisting of many different elements): homogeneous; See also Thesaurus:homogeneous

関連する語

• divert
• diversity

副詞

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)

1. In different directions; diversely.

Further reading

• diverse at OneLook Dictionary Search
• diverse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• diverse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• diverse in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.

アナグラム

• derives, dervise, deviser, drivees, revised, sivered

Latin

別の表記

• dīvorsē

語源

From dīversus (“turned different ways”)

副詞

dīversē (not comparable)

1. in different directions; hither and thither
2. (figuratively) variously

関連する語

• dīversitās
• dīversus

参照

• diverse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• diverse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diverse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)