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The new crime statistics are very disturbing.

dis • tur • bance / di starbans / noun

[ count, noncount ] a thing that stops you from doing something, for example thinking, working, or sleeping

[ count ] when a group of people fight or make a lot of noise and trouble

The police threatened to arrest anyone who caused a disturbance .

ditch / ditj / noun [ count ] ( plural ditch - es )

a long narrow hole at the side of a road or field, which holds or carries away water

dit • to / ' ditou / adverb

( informal )

swim wearing

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a word that you use to mean "me too" "I'm starving." "Ditto (= I'm starving too ) !"

dive / daiv verb ( dives , div - ing , dived or dove / douv / has dived )

to jump into water with your arms and head first

Sam dived into the pool.

to underwater breathing equipment collecting or looking at things

The main purpose of his vacation to Bermuda was to go diving .

The birds were diving for fish.

to move down quickly and suddenly She had to dive to catch the ball. ►div • ing noun [ noncount ]

The resort has facilities for sailing, waterskiing, and diving.

div • er / ' daivar / noun [ count ]

a person who goes underwater using special equipment Police divers found a body in the lake.

di • verse AWL / da 'vars / adjective

very different from each other people with diverse backgrounds

di • ver • sion / da 'var3n / noun [ count ]

a way that you must go when the usual way is closed

There was a diversion around the town because of a car

accident.

di • ver • si • ty AWL / da 'varsati / noun [noncount]

a range of many people or things that are different from each other

the cultural diversity of a big city —SYNONYM variety

di • vert / da vart / verb ( di verts , di - vert - ing , di - vert - ed )

to make something go a different way

Our flight was diverted to another airport because of the bad weather.

di .vide Ф / do'vaid / verb ( di - vides , di - vid - ing , di - vid - ed )

to share or cut something into smaller parts The teacher divided the class into groups of three. The book is divided into ten chapters.

to separate into parts When the road divides, go left.

( math ) to find out how many times one number goes into a bigger number

36 divided by 4 is 9 (= 36 ^ 4 = 9 ) .

di • vine / da vain / adjective

( religion ) of, like, or from God or a god a divine message

div • ing board / ' daivig bord / noun [ count ]

a board at the side of a swimming pool that you use to jump into the water

— Look at the picture at dive .

di .vi .sion Ф /do'v^n/ noun

[ noncount ] sharing or cutting something into parts the division of the class into two teams

[ noncount ] ( math ) finding out how many times one number goes into a bigger number

—Look at multiplication .

[ count ] ( business ) one of the parts of a big company He works in the sales division.

di . vorce Ф / do'vors/ noun

[ count, noncount ] the end of a marriage by law They are getting a divorce . ► di • vorce verb

( di -vorc es , di vorc- ing , di -vorced )

He divorced his wife.

di •vorced / da vorst / adjective

no longer married

I'm not married — I'm divorced.

They got divorced last year.

diz • Zy / ' dizi / adjective ( diz - zi - er, diz - zi est )

If you feel dizzy , you feel that everything is turning around

and around and that you are going to fall

The room was very hot and I started to feel dizzy.

DJ / ' di d3ei /

short for disc jockey

DNA / |di en ' ei / noun [ noncount ]