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Antonyms for diverging

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


Definition of diverging

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 :
  • If not, where would the diverging currents be waiting for them?
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • She creates with them diverging series of species that will evolve separately.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • Hence the diverging lines of evolution, at least what is essential in them.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • Both screens were filled with flashing, diverging trails of flame.
  • Extract from : « This World Must Die! » by Horace Brown Fyfe
  • As they entered the city, they divided and spread into all the diverging streets.
  • Extract from : « Richard II » by Jacob Abbott
  • Spicula all geminate-quadriradiate, with a short simple middle rod and four diverging shanks on each end of it.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The larger odd foot cylindrical, curved, somewhat longer than the shell, with three diverging branches at the distal end.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The radiant point is that from which diverging rays of light are emitted.
  • Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
  • The problem is in the diverging self-interests of the various players.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • Diverging, meeting in a point, as the teeth on the hinge of Placuna, fig. 184.
  • Extract from : « A Conchological Manual » by George Brettingham Sowerby

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