diverge
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/daɪˈvɜːrdʒ/
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/daɪˈvɜːdʒ/
When two or more things diverge, they start to move apart in different directions.
The two friends diverged at the fork in the road, each taking a different path.
二人の友人は分かれ道で別れ、それぞれ違う道を進んだ。
When opinions or ideas diverge, they become different from each other.
The two groups diverged in their views on the new policy.
二つのグループは新しい政策についての見解が分かれた。
When someone diverges from a plan or a usual way of doing things, they do something different from what is expected.
The student diverged from the assigned topic and started talking about a completely different subject.
その学生は与えられたトピックからそれて、全く異なる主題について話し始めた。