diving

US /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #6945

Meanings

1

noun
The sport of jumping into water, often performing acrobatic moves.

She won a gold medal in diving at the championships.
2

noun
The activity of swimming or exploring underwater with breathing equipment.

We went diving to see the coral reef on our holiday.
3

noun
In football, the act of falling over on purpose to win an unfair penalty.

The referee booked the striker for diving in the penalty area.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms cage-divingcave-divingcliff-divingdiving-belldiving-boarddiving-dressdiving-planediving-suitdumpster-divingfree-divingfreedivinghedge-diving

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Phrases (1)

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cliff diving
the sport of jumping from a cliff into water below

Noun + noun

Etymology

By surface analysis, dive + -ing.

Topics

Sports & Fitness

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# diving

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 6945

## Meanings
1. The sport of jumping into water, often performing acrobatic moves.
2. The activity of swimming or exploring underwater with breathing equipment.
3. In football, the act of falling over on purpose to win an unfair penalty.

## Examples
- She won a gold medal in diving at the championships.
- We went diving to see the coral reef on our holiday.
- The referee booked the striker for diving in the penalty area.

## Derived Forms
- cage-diving
- cave-diving
- cliff-diving
- diving-bell
- diving-board
- diving-dress
- diving-plane
- diving-suit
- dumpster-diving
- free-diving
- freediving
- hedge-diving

## Etymology
By surface analysis, dive + -ing.

## AI Etymology
Diving is analyzable on the surface as dive + -ing. In current use, the main senses are “The sport of jumping into water, often performing acrobatic moves” and “The activity of swimming or exploring underwater with breathing equipment”.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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