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{{also|divergé}}
==English==

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|ML.|dīvergō||bend away from, go in a different direction}}, from {{der|en|la|dī-}} + {{m|la|vergō||bend}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/|/dɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/|a=RP}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diverge.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/dɪˈvɝd͡ʒ/|/daɪˈvɝd͡ʒ/|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/dɑɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɜː(ɹ)dʒ|s=2}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|literally|of lines or paths}} To [[run]] [[apart]]; to [[separate]]; to [[tend]] into [[different]] [[direction]]s.
#* '''1916''', [[w:Robert Frost|Robert Frost]], “[[w:The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken]]” (poem), in ''[[w:Mountain Interval|Mountain Interval]]'':
#*: Two roads '''diverged''' in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / {{...}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively|of interests, opinions, or anything else}} To become [[different]]; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
#: {{ux|en|Both stories start out the same way, but they '''diverge''' halfway through.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2012|author=Christoper Zara|title=Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds|section=part 1, chapter 1, {{gbooks|q=diverged|id=HV4jKhjzMVYC|pg=28}}
|passage=The brooding, black-clad singer bridged a stark divide that emerged in the recording industry in the 1950s, as post-Elvis pop singers '''diverged''' into two camps and audiences aligned themselves with either the sideburned rebels of rock 'n' roll or the cowboy-hatted twangsters of country music.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Matthew Perpetua|title=Original Green Lantern comes out as gay in DC Comics’ ‘Earth Two’|magazine=w:CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/06/01/showbiz/green-lantern-gay-earth-two-rs/index.html|date=2012-06-01|passage=“Earth Two,” a new series by writer James Robinson and artist Nicola Scott, reintroduces the concept by putting a new spin on the original versions of characters like the Green Lantern, the Flash and Superman that '''diverges''' notably from the past several decades of DC lore.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|literally|of a line or path}} To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
#: {{ux|en|The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then '''diverges''' from it and turns north.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2015-10-01|author=|title=Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens|journal=PLOS ONE|url=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0139202|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0139202|volume=|issue=|pages=
|passage=Aedeagus in lateral view with preatrium well developed, almost as long as shaft, shaft slender, tubular, straight, '''diverging''' from line of preatrium about 30°, with membranous flanges on dorsal side variable in shape, dorsoatrium absent but with pair of ligaments connecting to anal tube laterally, in ventral view aedeagus shaft and preatrium nearly broadened at atrium, gonopore apical (Figs 4C, 4F–4I, 5A and 5G–5I ). }}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2021-10-20|author=Paul Stephen|title=Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line|journal=RAIL|issue=942|page=49|text=North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, '''diverge'''.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively|of an interest, opinion, or anything else}} To become [[different]], to separate (from another line or path).
#: {{ux|en|The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior '''diverges''' from user expectations.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|mathematics|of a sequence, series, or function}} Not to [[converge]]: to have no [[limit]], or no finite limit.
#: {{ux|en|2=The sequence <math>x_n = n^2</math> '''diverges''' to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.}}
#:{{ux|en|2=The sequence <math>a_n = (-1)^n</math> '''diverges'''; it keeps oscillating between <math>-1</math> and <math>1</math>.}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|converge}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|codiverge|divergement
|divergence}}
* {{l|en|divergent}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to run apart}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տարամիտել|sc=Armn}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|отклонявам се|sc=Cyrl}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|divergir}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|divergeren}}, {{t+|nl|uiteenwijken}}, {{t+|nl|uiteenlopen}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|diverĝi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|erkaantua}}, {{t|fi|erata|alt=erkanee}}, {{t+|fi|erota}}
* French: {{t+|fr|diverger}}
* German: {{t+|de|divergieren}}, {{t+|de|auseinandergehen}}, {{t|de|auseinander gehen}}, {{t|de|auseinanderstreben}}, {{t+|de|auseinanderlaufen}}, {{t|de|auseinanderbewegen}}, {{t+|de|auseinanderklaffen}}, {{t|de|sich auseinanderentwickeln}}, {{t+|de|abbiegen}}, {{t+|de|divergieren}}, {{t|de|sich teilen}}, {{t+|de|abweichen}}, {{t|de|sich entfernen von}}, {{t|de|sich wegentwickeln von}}, {{t+|de|umlenken}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αποκλίνω|sc=Grek}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elágazik}}, {{t+|hu|szétágazik}}, {{t+|hu|különválik}}, {{t+|hu|szétválik}}, {{t+|hu|elválik}}, {{t+|hu|eltér}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tihoi}}, {{t|mi|tangongi}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rozchodzić się}}, {{t|pl|rozbiegać się}}, {{t+|pl|rozdzielać się}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|divergir}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отклоня́ться}}, {{t+|ru|расходи́ться}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|ह्वरति}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|divergir}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אָפּווײַכן|tr=ópvaykhn}}, {{t|yi|פֿונאַנדערגיין|alt=פֿונאַנדערגיין זיך|tr=funándergeyn zikh}}, {{t|yi|צעגאָפּלען|alt=צעגאָפּלען זיך|tr=tsegóplen zikh}}, {{t|yi|צעגיין|alt=צעגיין זיך|tr=tsegéyn zikh}}, {{t|yi|צעצווײַגן|alt=צעצווײַגן זיך|tr=tsetsváygn zikh}}
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{{trans-top|to have no limit}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տարամիտել|sc=Armn}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|не се схождам|sc=Cyrl}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|divergovat}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hajaantua}}
* French: {{t+|fr|diverger}}
* German: {{t+|de|divergieren}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|התבדר|tr=hitbadér}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|divergál}}, {{t+|hu|széttart}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|rozbiegać}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|расходи́ться}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|divergera}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אָפּווײַכן|tr=ópvaykhn}}, {{t|yi|אָפּווײַכן איינס פֿונעם אַנדערן|tr=ópvaykhn eyns fúnem ándern}}
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* Ido: {{t+check|io|divergar}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=deegirv|grieved}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA|pos=v}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-diverge.wav}}

===Verb===
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|diverger||1//3|s|pres|ind//sub|;|2|s|impr}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|divèrge}}

===Verb===
{{head|it|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|it|divergere||3|s|pres|indc}}

==Latin==

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=dīverge}}

# {{inflection of|la|dīvergō||2|s|pres|actv|impr}}

==Portuguese==

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|divergir<i-e>}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|diverger}}, from {{der|ro|la|dīvergō}}.

===Verb===
{{ro-verb|conj=3|diverge|divers}}

# to {{l|en|diverge}}

====Conjugation====
{{ro-conj-e-s|diverg/divearg}}

==Spanish==

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|divergir}}