{
    "term": "dive",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "dive",
            "heSheIt": "dives"
        },
        "pastSimple": "dived",
        "pastParticiple": "dived",
        "ingForm": "diving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to jump into water with your head and arms going in first",
            "sensetop": "dive (from/off something) (into something)dive off somethingdive in",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We dived into the river to cool off.",
                    "contextForm": "dive (from/off something) (into something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dived off the bridge.",
                    "contextForm": "dive off something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sam walked to the deep end of the pool and dived in.",
                    "contextForm": "dive in"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dived head first into the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She dived from the top diving board."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: water sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["deep", "head first", "down"],
                "preposition": ["for", "from", "into"],
                "phrases": ["go diving"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to swim underwater wearing breathing equipment, collecting or looking at things",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to dive for pearls"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The main purpose of his holiday to Greece was to go diving."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["deep", "head first", "down"],
                "preposition": ["for", "from", "into"],
                "phrases": ["go diving"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to go to a deeper level underwater",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The submarine dived to avoid being seen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whale dived as the harpoon struck it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to go steeply down through the air",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The seagulls soared then dived."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane dived down to attack."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plane suddenly dived from 10 000 feet to 5 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unlike some birds, it does not dive vertically."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by air", "Birds"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["suddenly", "vertically"],
                "preposition": ["from", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to move or jump quickly in a particular direction, especially to avoid something, to try to catch a ball, etc.",
            "sensetop": "dive for something+ adv./prep.",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We heard an explosion and **dived for cover** *(= got into a place where we would be protected)*.",
                    "contextForm": "dive for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The goalie dived for the ball, but missed it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It started to rain so we dived into the nearest cafe.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He dived headlong into the ditch."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["head first", "headlong", "back"],
                "preposition": ["beneath", "into", "through"],
                "phrases": ["dive for cover"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to fall deliberately when somebody tackles you",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["deep", "head first", "down"],
                "preposition": ["for", "from", "into"],
                "phrases": ["go diving"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to fall suddenly",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The share price dived from 75p to an all-time low of 50p."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "plunge",
            "topics": ["Money"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪv/",
                "audio": "di/dive/dive__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪvz/",
                "audio": "di/dive/dives__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪvd/",
                "audio": "di/dive/dived__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dəʊv/",
                "audio": "do/dive/dove__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/dive/diving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪv/",
                "audio": "di/dive/dive__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪvz/",
                "audio": "di/dive/dives__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/daɪvd/",
                "audio": "di/dive/dived__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dəʊv/",
                "audio": "do/dive/dove__us_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdaɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "di/dive/diving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English dūfan ‘dive, sink’ and dȳfan ‘immerse’, of Germanic origin; related to deep and dip."
}