diving

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an athletic competition that involves diving into water
  2. noun a headlong plunge into water
  3. verb drop steeply

Etymology

By surface analysis, dive + -ing.

Synonyms

diving event

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