"diversification" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ [General-American], /daɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ [General-American], /daɪˌvɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diversification.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-diversification.wav Forms: diversifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Medieval Latin diversificatiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”). By surface analysis, diverse + -ification. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|diversificatiō}} Medieval Latin diversificatiō, {{der|en|la|diversus||turned in different ways}} Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”), {{surf|en|diverse|-ification}} By surface analysis, diverse + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} diversification (countable and uncountable, plural diversifications)
  1. The act, or the result, of diversifying. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of diversifying): تَنْوِيع (tanwīʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), tənəvvü (Azerbaijani), дыверсіфіка́цыя (dyvjersifikácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), разнообразя́ване (raznoobrazjávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), diversificació [feminine] (Catalan), 多樣化 (Chinese Mandarin), 多样化 (duōyànghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 多元化 (duōyuánhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), diverzifikace [feminine] (Czech), monipuolistaminen [transitive] (Finnish), monipuolistuminen [intransitive] (Finnish), diversification [feminine] (French), diversificación [feminine] (Galician), Diversifikation [feminine] (German), Diversifizierung [feminine] (German), διαφοροποίηση (diaforopoíisi) (Greek), diversifikasi (Indonesian), diversificazione [feminine] (Italian), 多様化 (tayōka) (alt: たようか) (Japanese), 万状 (banjō) (alt: ばんじょう) (Japanese), ពិពិធកម្ម (pipɨtthĕəʼkam) (Khmer), 다양화 (dayanghwa) (alt: 多樣化) (Korean), 다원화 (dawonhwa) (alt: 多元化) (Korean), 다각화 (dagakhwa) (alt: 多角化) (Korean), диверзификација (diverzifikacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), whakakanorautanga (Maori), divèrsificâtion [feminine] (Norman), تنوع (tenevvü) (Ottoman Turkish), تنوع (Persian), dywersyfikacja [feminine] (Polish), diversificação [feminine] (Portuguese), диверсифика́ция (diversifikácija) [feminine] (Russian), diverzifikácia [feminine] (Slovak), diversificación [feminine] (Spanish), diversifiering [common-gender] (Swedish), диверсифіка́ція (dyversyfikácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), урізномані́тнення (uriznomanítnennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-diversification-en-noun-8eZNzeAe Disambiguation of 'act of diversifying': 58 11 31
  2. A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-diversification-en-noun-yM5gS8pl
  3. (finance) An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Finance
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: magic of diversification, time diversification, under-diversification

Inflected forms

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      "word": "多様化"
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      "roman": "uriznomanítnennja",
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