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di·ver·si·ty

diversity

 
 
pronunciation:
dih vuhr s ti
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part of speech: noun
inflections: diversities
definition: When something has diversity, it is made up of different types of things, plants, animals, or people. When there is diversity among things, the things are not all the same.
The jungle is a place of great diversity. There are very many kinds of plants and animals living there.The farmer was planting many different types of crops now, and he found that the diversity of the crops made the soil better and helped control insects.
antonyms:
similarity
similar words:
difference, variety
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