prefix meaning two, although diverse could be speaking of more than two things.
diversity
dʌɪˈvəːsɪti,dɪ-/
noun
the state of being diverse.
"there was considerable
diversity in the style of the reports"
a range of different things.
plural noun: diversities
"newspapers were
obliged to allow a diversity of views to be printed"
synonyms:
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variety, miscellany, assortment, mixture, mix, melange, range, array,medley, multiplicity; More
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para-1
1.
a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached toverbs and verbal derivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of,beside, side by side” ( parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis),“beyond, past, by” ( paradox; paragogue); by extension from thesesenses, this prefix came to designate objects or activities auxiliary toor derivative of that denoted by the base word ( parody;paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective ( paranoia), a sensenow common in modern scientific coinages ( parageusia; paralexia).As an English prefix, para- 1, may have any of these senses; it isalso productive in the naming of occupational roles consideredancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of a higherstatus, on such models as paramedical, and paraprofessional:paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice.
paragraph
[par-uh-graf,
-grahf]
Examples
Word
Origin
1.a distinct portion of written or printed matter dealing with a particularidea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.
2.a paragraph mark.
3.a note, item, or brief article, as in a newspaper.
verb (used with object)
4.to divide into paragraphs.
5.to write or publish paragraphs about, as in a newspaper.
6.to express in a paragraph.
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Edmund Spenser
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