{
    "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’."
}