Past tense of dive
regular verb
The past tense of dive is dived. The past participle is also dived.
Forms of dive
| Base form (V1) | dive /daɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dived /ˈdaɪ̯vd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | dived /ˈdaɪ̯vd/ |
| Present participle | diving /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | dives /ˈdaɪvz/ |
Less standard forms: doven (nonstandard), diven (nonstandard).
Dived in a sentence
- He ran to the edge of the swimming pool and dived in.From the entry in
- Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river.From the entry strip
- After class, Nick changed into his swimming trunks and dived into the pool.From the entry swimming trunks
- Up stepped Pirlo, who coolly took a Panenka as Hart dived to his right.2015, Ben Lyttleton, Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty Kick. From the entry panenka
- He dived low to stop O'Hara's free-kick from swinging in before twice saving from Doyle.2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport. From the entry Hollywood moment
Meaning of dive
- verb To swim under water.
- verb To jump into water head-first.
- verb To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
Questions about the past tense of dive
- What is the past tense of dive?
- The past tense of dive is dived.
- What is the past participle of dive?
- The past participle of dive is dived.
- Is dive a regular or irregular verb?
- Dive is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
- Is doven correct?
- doven is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of dive is dived.
- Is diven correct?
- diven is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of dive is dived.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dive (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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