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dived

dive
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dahyv]
    • /daɪv/
    • /daɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dahyv]
    • /daɪv/

Definitions of dived word

  • verb without object dived to plunge into water, especially headfirst. 1
  • verb without object dived to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine. 1
  • verb without object dived to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets. 1
  • verb without object dived Aeronautics. (of an airplane) to descend rapidly. 1
  • verb without object dived to penetrate suddenly into something, as with the hand: to dive into one's purse. 1
  • verb without object dived to dart: to dive into a doorway. 1

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Origin of dived

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English diven to dive, dip, Old English dȳfan to dip (causative of dūfan to dive, sink); cognate with Old Norse dȳfa dip, German taufen to baptize; akin to dip1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Dived

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dived popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

dived usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for dived

noun dived

  • barred — having bars or stripes
  • jointed — shared by or common to two or more: a joint obligation.
  • dirtied — Simple past tense and past participle of dirty.
  • holed — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • lunged — a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.

verb dived

  • submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
  • descended — A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them.
  • disappeared — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
  • vanished — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
  • vaulted — constructed or covered with a vault, as a building or chamber.

Antonyms for dived

noun dived

  • increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • rose — Remote Operations Service Element
  • jumped — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.

verb dived

  • surfaced — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
  • appeared — to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
  • arrived — to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.
  • ascended — to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
  • faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.

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