- diversity
- nounADJECTIVE▪ considerable, enormous, extraordinary, great, immense, remarkable, rich, tremendous, wide▪
There is need for greater diversity and choice in education.
▪the rich diversity of the city's cultural life
▪ growing, increased, increasing▪ high, low▪The south-east has the highest diversity of freshwater fish in the country.
▪ biological, ecological, gene, genetic, species▪the need to preserve biological diversity
▪ cultural, ethnic, gender, intellectual (esp. AmE), linguistic, political, racial, religious▪ ideological▪ geographic (esp. AmE), geographical, regional▪ globalVERB + DIVERSITY▪ achieve, create▪ encourage, enhance, foster, promote▪Our party believes in encouraging cultural diversity, not division.
▪ celebrate, embrace▪People are being encouraged to celebrate the diversity of their communities.
▪a racist society with a reluctance to embrace diversity
▪ appreciate, respect, value▪You're lucky to work for a company which values diversity.
▪ maintain, preserve, protect▪The producer was under pressure to maintain a diversity in his output.
▪ reflect, represent▪The teaching profession does not yet reflect the diversity of the population.
▪ increase▪ decrease, reduce▪ allow, allow for▪Tyrannies do not allow diversity and disagreement.
PREPOSITION▪ diversity in▪diversity in the style of the reports
▪ diversity of▪There is a wide diversity of views on this subject.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
