Verb
diverge (third-person singular simple present diverges, present participle diverging, simple past and past participle diverged)
- (intransitive, literally, of lines or paths) To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
- (intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 28:The brooding, black-clad singer bridged a stark divide that emerged in the recording industry in the 1950s, as post-Elvis pop singers diverged into two camps and audiences aligned themselves with either the sideburned rebels of rock 'n' roll or the cowboy-hatted twangsters of country music.
Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
- (intransitive, literally, of a line or path) 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.
2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49: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.
- (intransitive, figuratively, of an interest, opinion, or anything else) 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, mathematics, of a sequence, series, or function) Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
The sequence diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
Translations
to run apart
- Armenian: տարամիտել (hy) (taramitel)
- Bulgarian: отклонявам се (otklonjavam se)
- Catalan: divergir (ca)
- Dutch: divergeren (nl), uiteenwijken (nl), uiteenlopen (nl)
- Esperanto: diverĝi (eo)
- Finnish: erkaantua (fi), erkanee, erota (fi)
- French: diverger (fr)
- German: divergieren (de), auseinandergehen (de), auseinander gehen, auseinanderstreben, auseinanderlaufen (de), auseinanderbewegen, auseinanderklaffen (de), sich auseinanderentwickeln, abbiegen (de), divergieren (de), sich teilen, abweichen (de), sich entfernen von, sich wegentwickeln von, umlenken (de)
- Greek: αποκλίνω (el) (apoklíno)
- Hungarian: elágazik (hu), szétágazik (hu), különválik (hu), szétválik (hu), elválik (hu), eltér (hu)
- Maori: tihoi, tangongi
- Polish: rozchodzić się (pl), rozbiegać się, rozdzielać się (pl)
- Portuguese: divergir (pt)
- Russian: отклоня́ться (ru) (otklonjátʹsja), расходи́ться (ru) (rasxodítʹsja)
- Sanskrit: ह्वरति (sa) (hvarati)
- Spanish: divergir (es)
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Verb
a diverge (third-person singular present diverge, past participle divers) 3rd conj.
- to diverge
Conjugation
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infinitive |
a diverge |
gerund |
divergând |
past participle |
divers |
number |
singular |
plural |
person |
1st person |
2nd person |
3rd person |
1st person |
2nd person |
3rd person |
indicative |
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eu |
tu |
el/ea |
noi |
voi |
ei/ele |
present |
diverg |
divergi |
diverge |
divergem |
divergeți |
diverg |
imperfect |
divergeam |
divergeai |
divergea |
divergeam |
divergeați |
divergeau |
simple perfect |
diversei |
diverseși |
diverse |
diverserăm |
diverserăți |
diverseră |
pluperfect |
diversesem |
diverseseși |
diversese |
diverseserăm |
diverseserăți |
diverseseră |
subjunctive |
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eu |
tu |
el/ea |
noi |
voi |
ei/ele |
present |
să diverg |
să divergi |
să diveargă |
să divergem |
să divergeți |
să diveargă |
imperative |
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tu |
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voi |
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affirmative |
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diverge |
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divergeți |
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negative |
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nu diverge |
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nu divergeți |
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