Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dice
Participle: diced
Gerund: dicing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dice |
| you | dice |
| he;she;it | dices |
| we | dice |
| you | dice |
| they | dice |
Perfect
| I | have diced |
| you | have diced |
| he;she;it | has diced |
| we | have diced |
| you | have diced |
| they | have diced |
Past
| I | diced |
| you | diced |
| he;she;it | diced |
| we | diced |
| you | diced |
| they | diced |
Pluperfect
| I | had diced |
| you | had diced |
| he;she;it | had diced |
| we | had diced |
| you | had diced |
| they | had diced |
Future
| I | will dice |
| you | will dice |
| he;she;it | will dice |
| we | will dice |
| you | will dice |
| they | will dice |
Future Perfect
| I | will have diced |
| you | will have diced |
| he;she;it | will have diced |
| we | will have diced |
| you | will have diced |
| they | will have diced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dice |
| you | dice |
| he;she;it | dice |
| we | dice |
| you | dice |
| they | dice |
Perfect
| I | have diced |
| you | have diced |
| he;she;it | have diced |
| we | have diced |
| you | have diced |
| they | have diced |
Imperfect
| I | diced |
| you | diced |
| he;she;it | diced |
| we | diced |
| you | diced |
| they | diced |
Pluperfect
| I | had diced |
| you | had diced |
| he;she;it | had diced |
| we | had diced |
| you | had diced |
| they | had diced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dice |
| you | would dice |
| he;she;it | would dice |
| we | would dice |
| you | would dice |
| they | would dice |
Perfect
| I | would have diced |
| you | would have diced |
| he;she;it | would have diced |
| we | would have diced |
| you | would have diced |
| they | would have diced |
Imperative
| you | dice |
| we | Let's dice |
| you | dice |
Verbs conjugated like 'dice'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dice'
deice,
dich,
dick,
die,
dike,
dime,
dine,
dite,
dive,
dize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1330, des, dys, pl. of dy (see die (n.)), altered 14c. to dyse, dyce, and 15c. to dice. "As in pence, the plural s retains its original breath sound, probably because these words were not felt as ordinary plurals, but as collective words" [OED]. Sometimes used as sing. 1400-1700. The v. "to cut into cubes" is first recorded c.1390. Dicey "doubtful, difficult" is RAF slang from the 1940s.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *de
4. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
5. Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
6. Proto-Italic *dē
7. Latin dē
8. Old French de
9. Latin -os
10. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-
11. Proto-Indo-European *-ts
12. Proto-Indo-European *-h₁its
13. Proto-Italic *-its
14. Latin -es
15. Old French -s
16. Old French desbor.
17. Middle English dys
18. English dice
19. From Middle English dys, plural of dy. See the etymology of die (etymology 2) for further information. The voiceless /s/ was most likely retained because the word felt like a collective term rather than a plural form (compare pence), and the spelling dice is a result of the pronunciation.
Sample Sentences
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Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week [c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:]
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For Corinius, who gave not a fig for music or dirges, but liked well of carding and dicing, had brought forth his dice box to play with the son of Corund. [1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 32:]
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Tyrion found Timmett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks. [1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 407:]
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And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan.... [1898, Thomas Hardy, Hap:]
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Dice the vegetables and heat in the double boiler with butter, pepper and salt. [1928, “Carrots and Beets in Turnip Border”, in The Ladies' Home Journal, volume 45, page 109:]
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But as our urban lives have grown more pressed for time, we have diced our opportunity costs finer and finer; from budgeting days or slabs of hours, we have come to rationing minutes. [2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:]