divers
pronunciation
How to pronounce divers in British English:
UK [ˈdaɪvəz]
How to pronounce divers in American English:
US [ˈdaɪvərz]
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- Adjective:
- many and different
Word Origin
- divers (adj.)
- mid-13c., "not alike" (sense now in diverse); late 13c., "separate, distinct; various," from Old French divers (11c.) "different, various, singular, odd, exceptional, wretched, treacherous, perverse," from Latin diversus "turned different ways," in Late Latin "various," past participle of divertere (see divert). Sense of "several, numerous" is recorded from c. 1300, referring "originally and in form to the variety of objects; but, as variety implies number, becoming an indefinite numeral word expressing multiplicity" [OED], a sense that emerged by c. 1400.
Example
- 1. Ministry divers didn 't find anything in the lake .
- 2. Fortunately , they can be gathered by divers .
- 3. Divers would descend , smiling and joking .
- 4. Scuba divers cannot pass gas at depth deeper than 33 feet .
- 5. Divers and scientists would have analysed the details of his training and experience .