deep dive

noun

An act of deep diving.

First used the 1990s.
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Meanings

noundeep dive (plural deep dives)

plural deep dives · alternative deep-dive

  1. divingAn act of deep diving.
  2. idiomaticoftenAn in-depth examination or analysis of a topic.First known use the 1990s.
    1 more example

    "The interesting thing as a writer about Snodgrass was that it liberated you from all the clichés about John Lennon, because you could do what you liked with him. There was no official legend of the Beatles to have to fit into," says Quantick, who also wrote a book in 2002, Revolution, which was a deep-dive into the band’s White Album.

    2020 December 8, David Barnett, “How John Lennon was made into a myth”, in BBC Culture
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see deep, dive.
verbdeep dive (third-person singular simple present deep dives, present participle deep diving, simple past deep dived or (chiefly US) deep dove, past participle deep dived)

present singular third person deep dives · participle present deep diving · past deep dived · US past deep dove · participle past deep dived · alternative deep-dive

  1. alternativeAlternative form of deep-dive.

Translations

Spanish examinación en profundidad, análisis a fondo
  • examinación en profundidad(idiomatic, often with into or on) An in-depth examination or analysis of a topic. [From the 1990s.]
  • análisis a fondo(idiomatic, often with into or on) An in-depth examination or analysis of a topic. [From the 1990s.]
  • indagación profunda(idiomatic, often with into or on) An in-depth examination or analysis of a topic. [From the 1990s.]
  • sumergirse en(idiomatic, often with into or on) An in-depth examination or analysis of a topic. [From the 1990s.]
Cite this entry
APA

deep dive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep%20dive

MLA

“deep dive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep%20dive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deep dive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep%20dive.

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