Definition of diverges in English

Part of speech

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diverges, verb, present, 3rd person singular of diverge (infinitive).

WordNet

Verb diverges, diverging, diverged
diverge - move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here"
		converge come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"
		move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
		furcate, branch, ramify, fork, separate divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
diverge - have no limits as a mathematical series
		converge, meet come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"
		converge come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"
		be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
		math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
diverge - extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"
		converge, meet come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"
		divaricate spread apart; "divaricate one's fingers"
		bifurcate divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated"
diverge - be at variance with; be out of line with
		deviate, vary, depart
		conform be similar, be in line with
		differ be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"
		aberrate diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens"
		aberrate diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens"
		belie, contradict, negate deny the truth of

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Wiktionary

diverge (Verb)
To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
diverge (Verb)
To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
diverge (Verb)
To separate, to tend into a different direction from another line or path.
diverge (Verb)
To become different, to separate from another line or path.
diverge (Verb)
Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

diverge (v. i.)
To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.
diverge (v. i.)
To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

diverge
To differ in opinion, character, form, etc.
diverge
To go in a different direction than what is expected.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

diverge
di-vėrj′, v.i. to incline or turn apart: to tend from a common point in different directions: to vary from the standard.—ns. Diverge′ment; Diverg′ence, Diverg′ency, a tendency to recede from one point.—adj. Diverg′ent.—adv. Diverg′ingly. [L. dis, asunder, vergĕre, to incline.]