divers

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdaɪvərz/ UK /ˈdaɪvəz/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
various; several (archaic or literary)

He had visited divers cities in the course of his long travels.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · various; several (archaic... various several sundry numerous manifold assorted

Opposites

few single uniform

Word family

Related forms diverse diversity diversify diversion

Etymology

From Old French divers ('different, various'), from Latin diversus ('turned different ways, separate'), past participle of divertere ('to turn aside'), from dis- ('apart') + vertere ('to turn'). A doublet of diverse.

diversus Latin vertere Latin

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Describing Qualities Register & Style

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# divers

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈdaɪvərz/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdaɪvəz/

## Meanings
1. various; several (archaic or literary)

## Examples
- He had visited divers cities in the course of his long travels.

## Synonyms
- various
- several
- sundry
- numerous
- manifold
- assorted

## Antonyms
- few
- single
- uniform

## Related Forms
- diverse
- diversity
- diversify
- diversion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: diversus
- Root: vertere

## Etymology
From Old French divers ('different, various'), from Latin diversus ('turned different ways, separate'), past participle of divertere ('to turn aside'), from dis- ('apart') + vertere ('to turn'). A doublet of diverse.

## AI Etymology
Divers is from Old French divers ('different, various'), from Latin diversus ('turned different ways, separate'), past participle of divertere ('to turn aside'), from dis- ('apart') + vertere ('to turn'). A doublet of diverse. The ancestry passes through Latin diversus and Latin vertere. The prefix dis- often marks separation, reversal, or negation in Latin and English formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as an adjective, it means "various; several (archaic or literary)", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include diverse, diversity, diversify, and diversion.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Register & Style

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