Meaning of Divorce | Babel Free
dɪˈvɔːsDefinitions
- A divorced man.
- The 65th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an
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The legal dissolution of a marriage. countable, uncountable
- The 65th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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A separation of connected things. countable, uncountable
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The separation of a bonded pair of animals. countable, uncountable
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That which separates. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Equivalents
Afrikaans
skei
Български
развод
Cymraeg
ysgariad
Esperanto
divorco
Eesti
abielulahutus
Bahasa Indonesia
perceraian
Қазақша
ажырасу
Lëtzebuergesch
Scheedung
Te Reo Māori
toko
Македонски
одвојува
одвојување
одделува
одделување
развод
раздвојува
раздвојување
раскин
раскинување
распуштеник
се разведува
Монгол
салах
Bahasa Melayu
perceraian
မြန်မာဘာသာ
ကွာရှင်း
Русский
отделение
отделиться
отделяться
разведённый
развести
развестись
развод
разводить
разводиться
разрыв
расторжение брака
Kiswahili
talaka
తెలుగు
విడాకులు
Tagalog
diborsiyo
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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