divers

[dahy-verz]

adjective

1. several; various; sundry.

   divers articles.

pronoun

1. (used with a plural verb),  an indefinite number more than one.

   He chose divers of them, who were asked to accompany him.

divers

/ ˈdaɪvəz /

determiner

1. archaic

   1. various; sundry; some

   2. ( as pronoun; functioning as plural )

      divers of them

Word History and Origins

Origin of divers¹

1200–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin dīversus diverse

Word History and Origins

Origin of divers¹

C13: from Old French, from Latin dīversus turned in different directions; see _divert

Example Sentences

Sheriff’s divers searched the water but found nothing.

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Diners — white, Black, Latino, Asian, Muslim — cheered as divers twisted and turned off a 30-foot fake waterfall into a small pool every 20 minutes in an homage to Acapulco’s famous clavadistas.

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An 11-member team of professional deep-sea divers with closed-circuit equipment conducted the recovery, organised by British historian Simon Mills, founder of the Britannic Foundation.

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Mystery surrounded the identity of the saboteurs - however last year German reports suggested a team of Ukrainian divers had hired a German yacht and sailed out into the Baltic to attack the pipelines.

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The scientists said deep divers, such as sperm whales, and pelagic dolphins showed a steadier increase in strandings since the 1990s.

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