Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

divergent

/dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: di-ver-gent
IPA: /dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Growing further apart; diverging.

adj

(said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.

adj

Disagreeing from something given; differing.

adj

Causing divergence of rays.

Example Sentences

"Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now."
"Four zebras stood despondent facing divergent directions like an old European film or a '90s band photo."
"a divergent statement"
"a divergent lens"

Etymology

From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/
British English: /daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/

Inflected Forms

more divergent (comparative) most divergent (superlative)

Derived Forms

codivergent divergently enantiodivergent hyperdivergent hypodivergent multidivergent neurodivergent nondivergent normodivergent regiodivergent stereodivergent undivergent

Phrases

divergent gill trama divergent series divergent thinking

Frequently Paired Words

diverge converge

Synonyms

diverging

Rhymes With

urgent insurgent detergent emergent convergent resurgent sergent neurodivergent surgent abstergent assurgent turgent

Questions

How do you pronounce divergent?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/.
What does divergent mean?: Growing further apart; diverging.
Where does divergent come from?: From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.

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