📖 D — The English dictionary · page 44

diver — Everyday, meaning 1: A diver is a person who swims underwater, often with special breathing equipment, to explore, work or rescue.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A diver is a person who jumps into water from a board as a sport.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A diver is a kind of diving water bird (called a loon in North America).↗ Example: The diver swam down to the coral reef.↗ · The scuba diver checked her air tank.↗ · The Olympic diver did a perfect dive.↗ · A diver at −15 metres goes up 6 metres; where is she now?↗ · Police divers searched the lake.↗ · Never dive into shallow water like a diver does into a pool.↗ · On the seashore and at the mouths of the rivers the divers seek for pearls, and in some valleys diamonds are plentiful.↗ · Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.↗ (Writings 2CH.30.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.↗ (Writings PRO.20.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good.↗ (Writings PRO.20.23, JPS 1917)↗

diverge — Everyday, meaning 1: When roads, lines or paths diverge, they go in different directions from the same point.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: When opinions or plans diverge, they become different from each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths, formal) A series or sequence diverges when it does not settle on one number.↗ Example: The path diverged into two trails in the wood.↗ · Light rays diverge as they leave the torch.↗ · Our opinions diverged on which film to watch.↗ · The two lines diverge from a single point.↗ · At the fork, the river diverges into two streams.↗ · The story diverges from the book in the last chapter.↗ · These diverge to all eternity, and an as the arms of the universe.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

divergence — Everyday, meaning 1: Divergence is when two or more things go further apart, like paths that split and go different ways.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A divergence of opinion is when people disagree or think differently.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths, science) Divergence is a growing difference between numbers, lines or results.↗ Example: At the divergence of the two paths we chose the left one.↗ · There was a divergence of opinion about where to go on holiday.↗ · The two lines on the graph show a growing divergence.↗ · The divergence between the twins' handwriting grew each year.↗ · Scientists study the divergence of species from a common ancestor.↗ · The map shows the river's divergence into two streams.↗

divergent — Everyday, meaning 1: Moving or spreading apart in different directions from one point.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Different from each other or from what is usual, such as divergent opinions.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) Describes a series or sequence that does not settle down to one value.↗ Example: The two paths were divergent, one going up the hill and one to the sea.↗ · At a divergent boundary, two plates move apart.↗ · The class had divergent opinions about the school uniform.↗ · Divergent thinking helps you invent many uses for a paperclip.↗ · The light rays become divergent after the lens.↗ · Their lives took divergent paths after school.↗

diverse — Everyday, meaning 1: Made up of many different kinds of people or things, as in «a diverse class».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Very different from each other, varied, as in «diverse interests».↗ Example: Our school is very diverse, with children from twenty countries.↗ · Coral reefs are home to a diverse range of fish.↗ · The library has a diverse collection of books.↗ · My friends have diverse hobbies, from chess to surfing.↗ · London is one of the most diverse cities in the world.↗ · A diverse team can solve problems in different ways.↗ · Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.↗ (Torah DEU.25.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.↗ (Torah DEU.25.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed; neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.↗ (Torah LEV.19.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.↗ (Writings DAN.7.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And they gave them drink in vessels of gold — the vessels being diverse one from another — and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.↗ (Writings EST.1.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise; and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three kings.↗ (Writings DAN.7.24, JPS 1917)↗

diversification — Everyday, meaning 1: The act of making something more varied by adding different kinds of things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money, business) Spreading money, work or products across many different areas to reduce risk.↗ Example: Diversification helped the farm survive when wheat prices fell.↗ · The town's diversification brought new jobs in tourism and technology.↗ · Scientists study the diversification of dinosaurs.↗ · Diversification means not putting all your eggs in one basket.↗ · The museum's diversification included new art and science rooms.↗ · Crop diversification protects farmers from bad weather.↗

diversified — Everyday, meaning 1: Made more varied; spread across many different kinds of things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (business, money) Having many different products, jobs or investments instead of just one.↗ Example: The farm diversified into cheese-making and holiday cottages.↗ · A diversified diet includes many different foods.↗ · Mammals diversified after the dinosaurs died out.↗ · The company diversified from toys into video games.↗ · A diversified economy is less hit when one industry fails.↗ · Our school club has diversified: it now does chess, coding and drama.↗ · By degrees the conception of Eros became multiplied and we hear of little love-gods (Amors), who appear under the most charming and diversified forms.↗

diversify — Everyday, meaning 1: To make something more varied or to start doing more different kinds of things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money, business) To spread money or work across different areas so as not to depend on one thing.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (biology) To develop into many different kinds over time.↗ Example: Farmers diversify by growing different crops.↗ · The library wants to diversify its books.↗ · Try to diversify your diet with more fruit and vegetables.↗ · The company decided to diversify into electric bikes.↗ · Over millions of years, birds diversified into thousands of species.↗ · The town needed to diversify after the mine closed.↗

diversion — Everyday, meaning 1: A different route that traffic must take when a road is closed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something that takes attention away from what is really happening, often on purpose.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The act of turning something, such as a river or money, to another direction or use.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Something fun that passes time; an amusement.↗ Example: The road was closed, so we followed the diversion signs.↗ · Tom made a diversion while his sister grabbed the ball.↗ · The puppy's barking was a diversion from the real thief.↗ · Engineers built a diversion to stop the town flooding.↗ · Board games are a pleasant diversion on rainy days.↗ · The bus took a long diversion because of the parade.↗ · Puss became a great lord, and never ran after mice any more, but only for his diversion.↗ · Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were diversions brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.↗ (Writings DAN.6.19, JPS 1917)↗

divert — Everyday, meaning 1: To make something or someone change direction or go a different way: «divert traffic», «divert a river».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To use money, time or supplies for a different purpose.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To take someone's attention away from something: «divert attention».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal, old) To amuse or entertain someone.↗ Example: The police diverted the traffic round the accident.↗ · Our flight was diverted to another airport because of fog.↗ · The farmers diverted the stream to water their fields.↗ · He told a joke to divert attention from his mistake.↗ · The school diverted money to buy new books.↗ · (formal) The puppet show diverted the children for an hour.↗ · Thus they diverted themselves till evening, and in the evening they made ready to go to sleep.↗

divide — Everyday, meaning 1: To divide is to split a number or amount into equal parts or groups; it is the operation ÷.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To divide is to split anything into parts: divide the class into teams.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To divide can mean to keep two places apart: a river divides the town.↗ Example: When we share a number of things equally into groups, we divide.↗ · Dividing undoes multiplying: 3 × 4 = 12, so 12 ÷ 3 = 4.↗ · Divide 18 sweets among 6 children.↗ · The class of 24 is divided into 4 teams.↗ · 20 divided by 5 is 4.↗ · Dad divided the pizza into 8 slices.↗ · A fence divides our garden from the park.↗ · Divide the page into two columns.↗ · They divided the money into three heaps.↗ · And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.↗ (Torah GEN.33.1, JPS 1917)↗ · According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.'↗ (Torah NUM.26.56, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.↗ (Torah NUM.26.53, JPS 1917)↗ · I say: Thou and Ziba divide the land.'↗ (Prophets 2SA.19.30, JPS 1917)↗ · So they made an end of dividing the land.↗ (Prophets JOS.19.51, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil?↗ (Prophets JDG.5.30, JPS 1917)↗

dividend — Everyday, meaning 1: (maths) The number being divided in a division sum: in 12 ÷ 3 = 4, the dividend is 12.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) A share of a company's profit paid to people who own shares in it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A benefit or reward that comes later from something you did, as in «pay dividends».↗ Example: In 20 ÷ 5 = 4, the dividend is 20.↗ · Write the dividend inside the bus-stop division box.↗ · The company paid a dividend to its shareholders.↗ · Grandma gets a small dividend every year from her shares.↗ · Practising spelling will pay dividends in the test.↗ · If the dividend is 0, the answer is 0.↗

divider — Everyday, meaning 1: A divider is something that separates a space or things into parts: a room divider.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A file divider separates sections in a folder.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Dividers are a maths tool like compasses with two points, for measuring distances on maps.↗ Example: Put a divider between maths and English notes.↗ · A screen divider split the classroom.↗ · Use dividers to measure the map distance.↗ · The road had a concrete divider.↗ · Each section had a coloured divider.↗ · Dad put up a divider so the twins had their own space.↗

divination — Everyday, meaning 1: Trying to find out about the future or hidden things by special or magical means, such as reading cards, stars or tea leaves.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A clever guess or insight.↗ Example: The ancient Greeks visited the oracle for divination.↗ · Reading tea leaves is a kind of divination.↗ · In the story, the witch taught divination with a crystal ball.↗ · Chinese kings used oracle bones for divination.↗ · There is no scientific evidence that divination can predict the future.↗ · The Bible tells believers not to practise divination.↗ · Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.↗ (Torah LEV.19.26, JPS 1917)↗ · For there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel; now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: 'What hath God wrought!'↗ (Torah NUM.23.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spoke unto him the words of Balak.↗ (Torah NUM.22.7, JPS 1917)↗ · For there shall be no more any vain vision nor smooth divination within the house of Israel.↗ (Prophets EZK.12.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say: The LORD saith; albeit I have not spoken?↗ (Prophets EZK.13.7, JPS 1917)↗ · They have seen vanity and lying divination, that say: The LORD saith; and the LORD hath not sent them, yet they hope that the word would be confirmed!↗ (Prophets EZK.13.6, JPS 1917)↗

divinatory — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Having to do with divination, which is trying to learn the future or hidden things.↗ Example: A very notable Hebrew expression of Divinatory intuition was BATh QUL, the Daughter of the Voice.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

divine — Everyday, meaning 1: (religion) Divine means of God or a god, or coming from God, as in "divine love" or "divine help".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Divine means wonderful or delicious.↗ e.g. "This cake is divine!"↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To divine is to guess or discover something by a feeling; water divining is looking for water underground with a stick.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The divine is God, or the holy power that religious people believe in.↗ Example: Christians believe Jesus is divine.↗ · The hymn praised God's divine love.↗ · "Your soup is divine!" said Aunty Pat.↗ · Some people say the rescue was divine intervention.↗ · She divined from his face that something was wrong.↗ · Water divining hasn't been proved by scientific tests.↗ · False faith may escape human punishment, but cannot escape the divine.↗ · And Joseph said unto them: 'What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed divine?'↗ (Torah GEN.44.15, JPS 1917)↗ · God ; the Divine name here is Jehovah.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Elohim — divine powers — not IHVH the Tetragrammaton, (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth trespasseth not in judgment.↗ (Writings PRO.16.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And Saul had put away those that divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit out of the land.↗ (Prophets 1SA.28.3, JPS 1917)↗ · therefore ye shall no more see vanity, nor divine divinations; and I will deliver My people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.'↗ (Prophets EZK.13.23, JPS 1917)↗