divorce
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
divorces
plural
divorces
Britannica Dictionary definition of DIVORCE
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the ending of a marriage by a legal process
— often used before another noun
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Since getting a divorce, she has been raising her children alone.
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They went through a lengthy/messy divorce.
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Their marriage ended in divorce.
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They are filing for divorce. [=they are filing a paper with the courts asking that their marriage be legally ended]
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Financial problems are a leading cause of divorce.
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a divorce lawyer/court
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a high divorce rate
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divorce proceedings
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formal
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a complete separation between two things
— usually singular
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a divorce between theory and practice
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divorce
/dəˈvoɚs/
verb
divorces;
divorced;
divorcing
2
divorce
/dəˈvoɚs/
verb
divorces;
divorced;
divorcing
Britannica Dictionary definition of DIVORCE
1
:
to legally end your marriage with (your husband or wife)
[+ object]
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After years of unhappiness, she decided to divorce him.
[no object]
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They both agreed it was best to divorce.
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[+ object]
formal
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to make or keep (something) separate
— often + from
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Their constitution divorces church and state.
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The organization hasn't yet fully divorced itself from its troubled past.
— divorced
adjective-
They're getting divorced.
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He's been divorced since 2003.
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a divorced man = a man who is divorced
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a theory that is completely divorced from reality [=a wrong theory that shows no connection to reality]
