diverge
(verb)
verb
1. move or draw apart
- The two paths diverge here
Definition categories: motion, move
2. have no limits as a mathematical series
Definition categories: stative, be
3. extend in a different direction
- The lines start to diverge here
- Their interests diverged
Definition categories: stative
4. be at variance with; be out of line with
Similar word(s): depart, deviate, vary
Definition categories: stative, differ
Sentences with diverge as a verb:
- Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
- The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
- The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
- The sequence diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.