adjective · neutral
diverse
UK/daɪˈvɜːs/US/daɪˈvɜːrs/di·VERSE
Band 5-6task2speaking
showing a lot of variety; made up of people or things that are different from each other
Examples
“The city is culturally diverse, with communities from many countries.”
“We need a diverse selection of sources for this essay.”
“Students with diverse backgrounds bring different perspectives to class discussions.”
Band 8 sentence
“Academic programmes that recruit students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds tend to foster richer classroom debate.”
Collocations
- diverse population
- diverse range of
- culturally diverse
Word family
diversity noundiversify verb
Common mistakes
many diverse→diverse / a diverse range of
Say it for a higher band
5various→6varied→7+diverse
Synonyms
varied
Easily confused
various
“The university offers various scholarships for international students.”
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