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{
"term": "diversity",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a range of many people or things that are very different from each other",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the biological diversity of the rainforests"
},
{
"text": "a **great/wide/rich diversity** of opinion"
},
{
"text": "The south-east has the highest diversity of freshwater fish in the country."
},
{
"text": "the rich diversity of the city's cultural life"
},
{
"text": "There is a wide diversity of views on this subject."
},
{
"text": "There was a great diversity of opinion."
},
{
"text": "The producer was under pressure to maintain a diversity in his output."
},
{
"text": "the need to preserve biological diversity"
}
],
"synonyms": "variety",
"topics": ["People in society", "The environment"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "enormous", "extraordinary"],
"verb + diversity": ["achieve", "create", "encourage"],
"preposition": ["diversity in", "diversity of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the quality or fact of including a range of many people or things",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There is a need for greater diversity and choice in education."
},
{
"text": "diversity in the style of the reports"
},
{
"text": "Tyrannies do not allow diversity and disagreement."
},
{
"text": "The teaching profession does not yet reflect the diversity of the population."
},
{
"text": "the growing ethnic diversity of Western societies"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "enormous", "extraordinary"],
"verb + diversity": ["achieve", "create", "encourage"],
"preposition": ["diversity in", "diversity of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, religions, etc.",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "People are being encouraged to celebrate the diversity of their communities."
},
{
"text": "The company is working to improve its profile in terms of **diversity and inclusion**."
},
{
"text": "You're lucky to work for a company that values diversity."
},
{
"text": "The college had taken several steps to promote diversity."
},
{
"text": "a changing world that embraces diversity and multiculturalism"
}
],
"topics": ["People in society"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːsəti/",
"audio": "di/diversity/diversity__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/daɪˈvɜːrsəti/",
"audio": "di/diversity/diversity__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French diversite, from Latin diversitas, from diversus ‘diverse’, past participle of divertere ‘turn aside’, from di- ‘aside’ + vertere ‘to turn’."
}