dice

UK /daɪs/ US /daɪs/

noun 3verb 3name 1

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noun

Gaming with one or more dice.

Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga—perhaps too much dice, you know—coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes.

On the other hand, evolution is not a matter of chance, even in the sense in which a game of dice is a game of chance.

A die.

1980, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, “The Winner Takes It All”, Super Trouper, Polar Music The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice

A white house set like a dice on a rock already venerable with the scars of wind and water.

That which has been diced.

Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice.

If your worship is inclined to take a small draught of good wine, though not very cool, I have here a calabash full of the best, and some dices of Tronchon cheese

verb

To play dice.

Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week

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.

To cut into small cubes.

And dicing Time for gladness casts a moan....

Dice the vegetables and heat in the double boiler with butter, pepper and salt.

To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

name

A surname.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

loaded

VERB + DICE

roll, throw

In the game, each player takes a turn to roll the dice and move their piece forward.

PREP

on a/the ~

The winner was decided by the number on the dice.

PHRASES

a roll/throw of the dice

Every business decision involves some element of chance, like a throw of the dice.

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Synonyms

noun — a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces

verb — cut into cubes

cube

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

no dice

An unacceptable alternative.

throw of the dice

Synonym of roll of the dice.

Will Hunt coming on for Kwarteng be enough to save Truss for 15 minutes or so? It’s not great when your first throw of the dice is also your last. Still, let’s take the temperature

roll of the dice

A risky or uncertain attempt to do something, especially in an unfavourable situation.

dice roll

Something unpredictable or unexpected.

But Tsurigasaki Beach is no Teahupo’o in Tahiti – one of the world’s best breaks and the completely offshore venue for the 2024 Paris Olympics – and the decision to eschew recent a

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Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga—perhaps too much dice, you know—coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes.

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On the other hand, evolution is not a matter of chance, even in the sense in which a game of dice is a game of chance.

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I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice.

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Virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times — a week

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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.

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Tyrion found Timmett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks.

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