dive
verb (used without object)
to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
has dived
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present perfectof dive (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It's not as complicated as assessing whether a footballer has dived – this is a cut and dried thing that anybody can enter a debate into.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Even "Titanic" director James Cameron, who has dived to see the wreckage of the infamous ship numerous times said, "I thought it was a horrible idea," in an interview with Reuters.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2023
Mr. Cameron, an expert in submersibles, has dived dozens of times to the ship’s deteriorating hulk and once plunged in a tiny craft of his own design to the bottom of the planet’s deepest recess.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
But in the years leading up to their breakup, each spouse has dived into projects outside the scope of the foundation’s work, a trend that’s expected to accelerate post-divorce.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2021
By the by, one of my corrections in the fair copy sent yesterday has dived into the bathos some sixty fathom: When Garrick died, and Brinsley ceased to write.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
