diverse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite many and different
    divers.
    • tourist offices of divers nationalities
    • a person of diverse talents
  2. adjective satellite distinctly dissimilar or unlike
    various.
    • celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan
    • animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth

WordNet

Di"verse adjective
Etymology
The same word as divers. See Divers.
Definitions
  1. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.
    The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original import. J. Edwards.
    Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she. R. Browning.
  2. Capable of various forms; multiform.
    Eloquence is a great and diverse thing. B. Jonson.
Di*verse" adverb
Definitions
  1. In different directions; diversely.
Di*verse" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To turn aside. Obs.
    The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart. Spenser.

Webster 1913