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Verb: diverge  dI'vurj
  1. Move or draw apart
    "The two paths diverge here"
     
  2. Extend in a different direction
    "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"
     
  3. Be at variance with; be out of line with
    "His opinion diverged from the group consensus";
    - deviate, vary, depart
     
  4. (mathematics) have no limits as a mathematical series
    "This infinite series diverges"

Derived forms: diverging, diverged, diverges

Type of: be, differ, exist, extend, go, lead, move, pass, run

Antonym: converge

Encyclopedia: Diverge