how to pronounce diverge

/ˌdaɪˈvɜːdʒ/

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diverge is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of diverge in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… pathways would diverge somewhat all of …”

meanings of diverge

verb:

To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions. Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.

diverge frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word diverge occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics diverge can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that diverge can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;