Words / B2

DYV-uh/ˈdaɪvə/

A diver is a person who swims underwater with breathing equipment, or who dives as a sport: a scuba diver; a high diver. Dive is the verb; swimmer is broader; frogman is dated military. Name the diver in the PE result, then the depth. Mix-up: diver vs driver; river; do not write diver for a holiday brochure with no depth or named bout.

Meaning

A person who swims underwater with breathing equipment, or who dives as a sport.

Examples

• “Name the diver in the PE result, then the depth, not a holiday brochure.”
• “A salvage diver featured in the harbour case, which is the working-underwater sense — still name the wreck if given.”

Good to know

a scuba / pearl / salvage diver; high diving. Verb: dive. Trap: driver. PE, geography, and news. A person who goes underwater — name the depth or the wreck.

Near in meaning

swimmer, frogman, scuba diver

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