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• plural of die.

dice

American  

[dahys] / daɪs /

plural noun

• die
  singular

1. small cubes of plastic, ivory, bone, or wood, marked on each side with one to six spots, usually used in pairs in games of chance or in gambling.

2. poker dice.

3. any of various games, especially gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface.

4. any small cubes.

5. Auto Racing. a jockeying for lead position between two or more drivers in which tactics are used to pass or keep from being passed.

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verb (used with object)

• dices,
  present (3rd person singular)
• diced,
  past participle,  past
• dicing
  present participle

1. to cut into small cubes.

2. to decorate with cubelike figures.

3. to lose by gambling with dice (often followed byaway ).

verb (used without object)

• dices,
  present (3rd person singular)
• diced,
  past participle,  past
• dicing
  present participle

1. to play at dice.

2. to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.

3. Auto Racing. to duel with another car or cars in a dice.

idioms

1. no dice, of no use or help; ineffective.

dice British  

/ daɪs /

plural noun

1. cubes of wood, plastic, etc, each of whose sides has a different number of spots (1 to 6), used in games of chance and in gambling to give random numbers

2. Also called: die. (functioning as singular) one of these cubes

3. small cubes as of vegetables, chopped meat, etc

4. slang an expression of refusal or rejection

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verb

1. to cut (food, etc) into small cubes

2. (intr) to gamble with or play at a game involving dice

3. (intr) to take a chance or risk (esp in the phrase dice with death )

4. informal (tr) to abandon or reject

5. (tr) to decorate or mark with dicelike shapes

dice More Idioms  

1. see load the dice; no deal (dice).

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Usage

Plural word for dice Dice is the plural form of the singular noun die, referring to a small cube of plastic, ivory, or other material, marked on each side with one to six spots. The more standard English plural form dies is used for other senses of the word die but not for the small cube. Dice derives directly from this irregular noun’s original pluralization in Middle English. Dice is sometimes treated as both a singular and plural form of die. The singular die is less commonly used.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• dicer
  noun

Inflected Forms

Participles

• dicing
  present
• diced
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• dice
  simple
• dices
  simple
• have diced
  perfect
• has diced
  perfect
• am dicing
  progressive
• are dicing
  progressive
• is dicing
  progressive
• have been dicing
  perfect progressive
• has been dicing
  perfect progressive

Past

• diced
  simple
• had diced
  perfect
• was dicing
  progressive
• were dicing
  progressive
• had been dicing
  perfect progressive

Future

• will dice
  simple
• will have diced
  perfect
• will be dicing
  progressive
• will have been dicing
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of dice

1300–50; Middle English dees, dis, dyce (singular and plural), dyces (plural) < Old French de(i)z, dés (plural); see die ²

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Explanation

Dice are what you roll when you're playing Yahtzee or Monopoly; they are two cubes marked with dots on each side that represent the numbers one through six. The noun dice is the plural form of the singular die. Although many people use the word dice when they're talking about a single die, it's actually only correct to call two or more of the dotted cubes dice. You can also use the word as a verb to mean "chop into tiny pieces or cubes." You might, for example, read a recipe instruction that says: "Dice three tomatoes."

Example Sentences

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Have you had enough of the mayor you know, and are you ready to roll the dice on someone you don’t?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

They are focusing on strong corporate earnings, and as comfortable rolling the dice on volatile markets as they were back when GameStop, Roaring Kitty and AMC Entertainment were the talk of Reddit forums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

"I think it really is a last throw of the dice," says automotive journalist Steve Fowler.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"We're rolling the dice with our children," Carter declared at a House of Representatives hearing.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

At each sat four or five patrons, some eating, some drinking, some playing at dice.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

By disrupting the membrane's stability, it causes the infected cell to die, stopping the viral infection from spreading.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

In many adventure documentaries, the audience expects the main characters to confront the possibility they might die, but they’re the stars telling the story, so of course that won’t happen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

With its gridlocked terminals, infuriating delays and long lines for everything from security checks to coffee, LAX might be where patience goes to die.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

"I don't want to die estranged from Meghan. I want to meet my grandkids. It might be nice to meet her husband too," Markle told the Mail on Sunday at the time.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

About six patients die every month—not from leprosy, but from malnutrition.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

As an adult, you realize more and more how money slices and dices us into First Class and Priority, the not you’s and the not yets, the zip codes and carets.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2024

Now in its fourth season, Robin Thede’s fearless comedy series slices and dices pop culture, race issues, dating woes, feminism, religion and more into 30-minute blasts of fantastically twisted humor.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023

At Wellesley College, Dr. Angela Carpenter teaches the foundation of language creation, which she dices into roughly six blocks: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, grammatical rules of verbs, and nouns and what they indicate.

From The Verge ● Feb. 7, 2020

As a Duke product working under Cutcliffe with connections to the Manning brothers, Jones often gets labeled as a cerebral signal-caller who dices defenses up mentally.

From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2019

“No, I know that smile. It is a cruel queen who dices with men’s hearts. Humble merchants like myself are no more than stones beneath your jeweled sandals.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Processing tomatoes — those used in products such as canned diced tomatoes and ketchup — are also fetching lower prices than they did a few years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

They're 16th in the Championship having diced with relegation last season, eventually finishing 20th in what was Montgomery's breakthrough season.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Stuff the grilled meat into charcoal-toasted pita with salata na’ameh—a finely diced Palestinian salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and herbs—plus hummus, baba ganoush and/or toum, and you’ve got a handheld feast.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

They ask for tuba compuesta, or “composed,” with muddled red berries and diced apple, giving it an inviting pinkish color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

They diced onions and tomatoes, piling them into a metal bowl.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed

The bank is undergoing a shake-up under Chief Executive Georges Elhedery, who took over in the fall of 2024 and has set about cutting staff and slicing and dicing divisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

One minute you’re dicing daikon, the next you look up and it’s midnight.

From Salon ● May 23, 2025

The result was Gabriel dicing them for 341 passing yards, well over Ohio State’s nation-low average of 141.2 yards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

In-between dicing up celery and stirring bubbling meals, which will be distributed to the local area, he's learning more about the charity and what they do.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024

The men of the Golden Company were outside their tents, dicing, drinking, and swatting away flies.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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