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# diverge

«diverge» in Mova's school dictionary: **When roads, lines or paths diverge, they go in different…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (diverge, diverges, diverged, diverging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) When roads, lines or paths diverge, they go in different directions from the same point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/#m1)

2) When opinions or plans diverge, they become different from each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/#m2)

3) (maths, formal) A series or sequence diverges when it does not settle on one number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in geography (rivers and roads diverge), science (light rays diverge from a lamp), maths (lines diverging) and talk about opinions. Phrases: «diverge from», «paths diverge», «views diverge».

### examples

- The path diverged into two trails in the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/#x1)
- Light rays diverge as they leave the torch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/#x2)
- Our opinions diverged on which film to watch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/#x3)
- The two lines diverge from a single point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/#x4)
- At the fork, the river diverges into two streams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/#x5)
- The story diverges from the book in the last chapter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/#x6)

### note

Opposite: converge (come together). Noun: divergence; adjective: divergent. In maths, two diverging lines get farther apart the farther you go; a diverging sum like 1 + 2 + 3 + … keeps growing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «diverge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diverge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.