DIVERSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diverse mean? 

• DIVERSE (adjective)
  The adjective DIVERSE has 2 senses:

1. many and different

2. distinctly dissimilar or unlike

  Familiarity information: DIVERSE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIVERSE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Many and different

Synonyms:

divers; diverse

Context example:

a person of diverse talents

Similar:

different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)

Derivation:

diverseness; diversity (noticeable heterogeneity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Distinctly dissimilar or unlike

Synonyms:

diverse; various

Context example:

animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth

Similar:

different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)

Derivation:

diversity (noticeable heterogeneity)

 Context examples 

Once parasites enter the host body, they invade diverse host cells including cardiomyocytes.

(Chagas Disease Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A-SMase has been recognized as one of the required molecules to mediate proapoptotic signaling in cell death induced by a diverse array of stresses such as H2O2, Heat, UV exposure and Radiation.

(Ceramide Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A diverse family of cell surface and extracellular glycoproteins involved in cell-cell adhesion, cell-extracellular matrix adhesion, recognition, and activation.

(Cell Adhesion Molecule, NCI Thesaurus)

They attract and activate leukocytes and regulate diverse cellular systems and organs ranging from blood vessels to the central nervous system.

(Chemokine, NCI Thesaurus)

Microtubules of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton perform essential and diverse functions and are composed of a heterodimer of alpha and beta tubulin.

(Microtubule, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

This gene plays a diverse regulatory role in several processes such as: proliferation, migration, host defense and fertilization.

(MST1R Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

It functions in diverse aspects of the cellular response to double strand breaks (DSBs), including the detection of DNA damage, the activation of cell cycle checkpoints, and DSB repair.

(MRE11/RAD50 Double-Strand Break Repair Complex, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

This allele, which encodes PITSLRE serine/threonine-protein kinase CDC2L1 protein, is involved in signal transduction pathways that control diverse cellular functions such as: cell morphology, migration, endocytosis and cell cycle progression.

(CDC42 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Cell adhesion molecule involved in a diverse range of contact-mediated interactions among neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and myotubes.

(CD56 Antigen, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A third group is a diverse group of drugs including some that act specifically on serotonergic systems.

(Antidepressant Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)