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Meaning of Divorce | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
dɪˈvɔːs

Definitions

  1. A divorced man.
  2. The 65th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an
  3. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
    countable, uncountable
  4. The 65th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
  5. A separation of connected things.
    countable, uncountable
  6. The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
    countable, uncountable
  7. That which separates.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans skei
Azərbaycanca ayırmaq boşanmaq
Български развод
Català divorci divorciar
Čeština rozvést rozvod
Cymraeg ysgariad
Esperanto divorco
Bahasa Indonesia perceraian
Қазақша ажырасу
Lëtzebuergesch Scheedung
ລາວ ປະ ຢາ
Te Reo Māori toko
Монгол салах
Bahasa Melayu perceraian
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကွာရှင်း
Kiswahili talaka
తెలుగు విడాకులు
Tagalog diborsiyo
Tiếng Việt ly dị ly hôn

Examples

“Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.”
“The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.”
“The great trick of online retail has been to get us to do more shopping while thinking less about it – thinking less, in particular, about how our purchases reach our homes. This divorce of a product from its voyage to us is perhaps the thing that Amazon has sold us most successfully”
“To make divorce of their incorporate league”
“Go with me like good angels to my end; / And as the long divorce of steel falls on me, / Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice, / And lift my soul to heaven. Lead on, o' God's name.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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