Dictionary

div en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈdɪv/

Etymology

Clipping of division.

Meanings

1. A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
2. A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
3. (UK, qualifier:Eton College; school slang; Eton College; school slang) A division; a lesson.
4. (UK, qualifier:Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
5. A division.

Forms

Deriveds

divitis

div en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈdɪv/

Etymology

Clipping of division.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of divide.
   alt of divide

div en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈdɪv/

Etymology

Clipping of divergence.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.

Translations (2)

sv div (an operator) · bg div (an operator)

div en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈdɪv/

Etymology

Clipping of divinity.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable) Divinity, as a school subject.

Synonyms

divvers

div en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈdɪv/

Etymology

UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy (“a foolish person”).

Meanings

1. (Ireland, UK, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
   • To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo. 2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 145:
   • Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be. 2017, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Is Not OK, page 2:
   • Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead. 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press, published 2012, page 13:

Forms

div en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈdɪv/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *deywós Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás Proto-Iranian *daywáh Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/) Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/) Iranian Persian دیوْ (div)bor. English div Borrowed from Iranian Persian دیوْ (div). Doublet of daeva and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of daeva.
   alt of daeva

Forms