diversify
/daɪˈvɜːsɪfaɪ/verb
उच्चारण डाइवर्सिफ़ाइ
(व्यापार का) विस्तार करना, विविधता लाना
Core word
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[I] ~ (from sth) (into sth)
(of a business) to develop a wider range of products, interests or skills in order to be more successful or reduce risk
(व्यापार का) विस्तार करना, विविधता लाना
- The company has diversified from textiles into chemicals.
- Farmers are being encouraged to diversify into fruit and vegetables.
- The bank plans to diversify into insurance.
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- Small shops are diversifying by selling groceries online.
- To survive, the farm had to diversify its crops.
Synonyms branch out expand extend spread out
Opposite specialize concentrate
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[I, T] ~ (sth)
to change or to make something change so that there is greater variety
विविध बनाना, अनेक प्रकार का बनाना
- You should diversify your investments to reduce risk.
- The college has diversified its range of courses.
- It is wise to diversify your savings instead of keeping them in one place.
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- The menu has been diversified to include healthier choices.
- Cities need to diversify their economies to create more jobs.
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diversify (intransitive)
Diversify can be used alone when a business or person adds new kinds of activity, often with into.
जब कोई व्यवसाय या व्यक्ति नई तरह की गतिविधियाँ जोड़ता है, तब 'diversify' अकेला या 'into' के साथ आ सकता है।
- The tea company decided to diversify.
- The bank has diversified into insurance.
diversify into + noun
Use into with the new field the business enters.
व्यवसाय जिस नए क्षेत्र में प्रवेश करता है उसके साथ 'into' आता है।
- The dairy diversified into ice cream and cheese.
- Many farmers are diversifying into fish farming.
diversify + object (transitive)
Followed by a noun, it means make something more varied, such as a portfolio, crop pattern or economy.
Noun के साथ इसका अर्थ है किसी चीज़ को अधिक विविध बनाना, जैसे portfolio, फसल चक्र या अर्थव्यवस्था।
- The government wants to diversify the economy.
- She diversified her savings across several schemes.
diversify + from / away from
Away from or from shows what the business is leaving behind as its main activity.
'Away from' या 'from' बताता है कि व्यवसाय अपनी मुख्य गतिविधि के रूप में क्या पीछे छोड़ रहा है।
- The company is diversifying away from coal.
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diversify + noun
the economythe portfoliothe product rangecropsincome sources
- Farmers diversify crops to reduce the risk of loss.
adverb + diversify
rapidlygraduallysuccessfullywidelyfurther
- The firm has diversified rapidly in the last decade.
diversify + into
new marketsretailbankingtourismfood processing
- The textile company diversified into real estate.
plan or need to diversify
plan toneed toseek tobe forced tochoose to
- Small shops need to diversify to survive online competition.
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- The farmer diversified by growing vegetables beside his wheat.
किसान ने गेहूँ के साथ सब्ज़ियाँ उगाकर अपनी खेती में विविधता लाई।
- To reduce risk, investors diversify their holdings.
जोखिम घटाने के लिए निवेशक अपने निवेश में विविधता लाते हैं।
- India's exports have diversified a great deal since the 1990s.
1990 के दशक के बाद से भारत के निर्यात में बहुत विविधता आई है।
- The university is diversifying its courses to include data science.
विश्वविद्यालय data science शामिल करने के लिए अपने पाठ्यक्रमों में विविधता ला रहा है।
- Radhika's father diversified from selling books to selling stationery.
राधिका के पिता ने केवल पुस्तकें बेचने से आगे बढ़कर stationery भी बेचना शुरू किया।
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✗ The company diversified in the food business.
✓ The company diversified into the food business.
Diversify takes into for the new field, not in.
नए क्षेत्र के लिए 'diversify' के साथ 'into' आता है, 'in' नहीं।
✗ The firm has diversify its business.
✓ The firm has diversified its business.
After has, use the past participle diversified.
'Has' के बाद past participle 'diversified' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These verbs all involve change, but only some mean adding variety.
ये सभी क्रियाएँ बदलाव से जुड़ी हैं, पर केवल कुछ का अर्थ विविधता जोड़ना है।
To add new kinds of products, crops or investments so that you depend less on one.
नए प्रकार के उत्पाद, फसलें या निवेश जोड़ना ताकि एक पर निर्भरता कम हो।
- The bank diversified into mutual funds.
To become bigger in size or number; it does not mean the variety increases.
आकार या संख्या में बड़ा होना; इसका अर्थ विविधता बढ़ना नहीं है।
- The company expanded to ten new cities.
To be different from each other, or to change from time to time.
एक-दूसरे से अलग होना, या समय-समय पर बदलना।
- Prices vary from shop to shop.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
A business diversifies into a new area (not 'diversifies to').
कोई व्यापार किसी नए क्षेत्र में diversify into करता है ('diversifies to' गलत है)।