DIVERSIFICATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does diversification mean? 

• DIVERSIFICATION (noun)
  The noun DIVERSIFICATION has 2 senses:

1. the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)

2. the condition of being varied

  Familiarity information: DIVERSIFICATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIVERSIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

diversification; variegation

Context example:

he limited his losses by diversification of his product line

Hypernyms ("diversification" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Derivation:

diversify (vary in order to spread risk or to expand)

diversify (make (more) diverse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The condition of being varied

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

that restaurant's menu lacks diversification; every day it is the same

Hypernyms ("diversification" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

diversify (vary in order to spread risk or to expand)

diversify (spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate)

diversify (make (more) diverse)

 Context examples 

The appearance of duplications of DNA within the genome plays an important role in the diversification of genomes.

(Genetic Duplication Process, NCI Thesaurus)

This wide abundance encourages further investigations into how it can be activated in a controlled way, or reactivated or re-introduced into plants that currently have inactive Rider elements so that their trait diversification potential can be regained.

(Harnessing tomato jumping genes could help speed-breed drought-resistant crops, University of Cambridge)