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divergent

/daɪˈvɜːdʒənt/adjective

उच्चारण डाइवर्जन्ट

भिन्न, अलग, विपरीत

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adjective
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    (of ideas or opinions) different from each other

    भिन्न, अलग, विपरीत

    • divergent views on the issue
    • The two parties took divergent paths after years of working together.
    • The two scientists reached divergent conclusions from the same data.
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    • Their divergent opinions made the committee's work difficult.
    • Divergent interests split the group.
    • The siblings chose divergent careers.

    Synonyms different differing conflicting contrasting dissimilar

    Opposite convergent similar identical matching

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di·ver·gent

With -gent (not 'divergant').

अंत में -gent ('divergant' गलत है)।

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Keep the family together: diverge (move apart, become different), divergence (difference), divergent; their opposites converge, convergence, convergent.

परिवार साथ याद रखिए: diverge (अलग होना, भिन्न होना), divergence (भिन्नता), divergent; इनके विपरीत converge, convergence, convergent।

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General knowledge

Education: divergent thinking means producing many different ideas; convergent thinking means finding one correct answer.

शिक्षा में divergent thinking का अर्थ कई अलग विचार देना; convergent thinking का अर्थ एक सही उत्तर खोजना है।