div
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈdɪv/
Definition of div
10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
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noun
- A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
- A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
- (UK)A division; a lesson.
- (UK)division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
- A division.
- Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
- (Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable)Divinity, as a school subject.
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(Ireland, UK, slang)A foolish person; an idiot.
“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.”
“To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo.”
“Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.”
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of daeva.
verb
- (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of divide.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Clipping of division.
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