Synonyms for divers

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dahy-verz

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ vərz

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Définition of divers

Origin : 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.

adj various

Example sentences :

So, too, did the Greeks, and divers other ancient peoples who were famed for their learning.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Vere had often seen the divers in the Bay of Naples at their curious toil.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

In the next place we have to consider that there are divers kinds of fire.
Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato

He is the Arch-Hypocrite of Tone who speaks in divers tongues.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

Spring-board: a long board projecting over the water, used by divers.
Extract from : « Tom Brown at Rugby » by Thomas Hughes

He had been hard enough put to it at divers periods of his life.
Extract from : « The Doctor's Family » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Witness also divers other Lorrigans whose careers had been shortened by their misdeeds.
Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower

Divers questions she flung forth at me, furtive all, their author in ambush all the while.
Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles

The St. Philip came to the like end; so did the galleon of Biscay, and divers others.
Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe

Quietly he ordered the divers to search for more ammunition.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy » by Florence Partello Stuart

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