adjective · neutral
diverse
UK/daɪˈvɜːs/US/daɪˈvɜrs/di·VERSE
Band 5-6speakingtask2
including many different types or ideas
Examples
“The city has a diverse population with residents from many countries.”
“Universities benefit from diverse perspectives in seminars.”
“The festival features a diverse programme of music and dance.”
Band 8 sentence
“The programme deliberately recruits students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds to enrich classroom discussion.”
Collocations
- diverse population
- a diverse range of
- culturally diverse
Word family
diverse adjdiversity noundiversify verb
Common mistakes
a many diverse people→many diverse people
This city is different culture.→This city is culturally diverse.
Say it for a higher band
5different→6various→7+diverse
Synonyms
varied
various
Easily confused
various
“Various studies have examined this effect.”
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