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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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
The value of Bitcoin, the world's largest digital currency, has dived by almost 70% in the last year.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2022
It’s that vast diversity of life that makes the rig so enticing to local divers, said Kevin Lee, an underwater photographer who has dived the Elly site more than 30 times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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
