Antonyms for diverge


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-vurj, dahy-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvɜrdʒ, daɪ-


Definition of diverge

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Modern Latin divergere "go in different directions," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + vergere "to bend, turn" (see verge (v.)). Originally a term in optics; the figurative sense is 19c. Related: Diverged; diverging.
  • verb go in different directions
  • verb be different from; be at odds
Example sentences :
  • You are to follow them when you can, you know, and diverge from them whenever you must.
  • Extract from : « Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service » by Charles James Lever
  • Should it diverge widely from this, then it is likely some mischief is at work.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • Big Otter was to go with them part of the way, and then diverge into the wilderness.
  • Extract from : « The Big Otter » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Warder and his companion did not require to diverge in order to follow these tracks.
  • Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • As I must do so too, I shall probably not diverge far from them.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cicero » by Anthony Trollope
  • It was important, nevertheless, not to diverge from a straight line.
  • Extract from : « A Winter Amid the Ice » by Jules Verne
  • He was therefore very careful not to diverge from the route by which he had come.
  • Extract from : « A Winter Amid the Ice » by Jules Verne
  • How could it be otherwise than that our interests should diverge?
  • Extract from : « A Little Journey in the World » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • So far all geologists are agreed; but here they diverge into two schools.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Earth and Man » by J. W. Dawson
  • The prongs of the Greenland dart are straight and diverge from the shaft.
  • Extract from : « The Central Eskimo » by Franz Boas

Synonyms for diverge

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