"dive in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-dive in.ogg [Australia] Forms: dives in [present, singular, third-person], diving in [participle, present], dived in [participle, past], dived in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dive in (third-person singular simple present dives in, present participle diving in, simple past and past participle dived in)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: plunge in
    Sense id: en-dive_in-en-verb-Nj2Hhibl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (in)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dive in meaning in English (1.6kB)

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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "diving in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dived in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dived in",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't just get a toe wet; dive in and create your first entry."
        },
        {
          "text": "The new project at work is so exciting - I want to dive right in."
        }
      ],
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        "To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "enthusiastically",
          "enthusiastically"
        ],
        [
          "wholeheartedly",
          "wholeheartedly"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "plunge in"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/En-au-dive_in.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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    }
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}
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "dives in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dived in",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dived in",
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        {
          "text": "Don't just get a toe wet; dive in and create your first entry."
        },
        {
          "text": "The new project at work is so exciting - I want to dive right in."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endeavor",
          "endeavor"
        ],
        [
          "enthusiastically",
          "enthusiastically"
        ],
        [
          "wholeheartedly",
          "wholeheartedly"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "plunge in"
    }
  ],
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}

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