Meaning & use
diverse environment
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Meanings
phrasecountable
A setting or situation in which many different kinds of people, things, or living things are present.
Grammar: Used as a countable noun phrase: a diverse environment, diverse environments.
Patterns
- a diverse environment
- in a diverse environment
- create a diverse environment
Children learn better in a diverse environment where they meet people from many backgrounds.
The company says it wants to build a more diverse environment for its staff.
A pond is a diverse environment, home to insects, fish, and plants of many kinds.
phrasecountabletechnical
A natural area that contains many different species or types of habitat.
Grammar: Common in biology and geography; often used with words like rich, fragile, or tropical.
Patterns
- a biologically diverse environment
- protect a diverse environment
Coral reefs are among the most diverse environments on Earth.
Cutting down the forest destroyed a richly diverse environment.
Word forms
| plural | diverse environments |
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Common combinations
- culturally diverse environment
- She grew up in a culturally diverse environment and speaks three languages.
- a diverse environment for learning
- The school aims to provide a diverse environment for learning.
- richly diverse environment
- The valley is a richly diverse environment with hundreds of plant species.
- create a diverse environment
- Managers try to create a diverse environment where everyone feels welcome.
Synonyms and how they differ
- varied setting
- More general and less formal; it can describe any place with variety, not only people or species.
- multicultural environment
- Focuses only on different cultures and nationalities, while a diverse environment can also mean different species or things.
- ecosystem
- A scientific term for a community of living things and their surroundings; it is narrower and more technical.
Opposites
Word family
- diversity noun
- The state of having many different kinds of people or things.
- diversely adverb
- In a way that shows variety.
- environmental adjective
- Relating to the natural world or to surroundings.
Commonly confused: diverse environment or diversified environment?
diverse environment vs diversified environment
Diversified describes something that has been actively changed to add variety, while diverse simply describes variety that exists.
Practice
Which sentence uses “diverse environment” most naturally?
Choose one answer.
“Diverse environment” describes a setting with many different people or things, so sentence A fits. The other options treat the phrase as a physical object or adjective, which is not grammatical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “diverse environment”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.