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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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