Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
legal dissolution of a marriage:
Русский
By meaning 2
legal dissolution of a marriage:
separation of connected things:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
legal dissolution of a marriage:

Examples

493 sentences
  1. She won't agree to a divorce.

    Вона не погодиться на розлучення. — aandrusiak

    ruОна не согласится на развод. — odexed

    deSie wird einer Scheidung nicht zustimmen. — Tamy

  2. I thought you wanted a divorce.

    Я думав, що ти хочеш розлучитися. — deniko

    ruЯ думал, что ты хочешь развестись. — marafon

    deIch dachte, du wolltest dich scheiden lassen. — Tamy

  3. Tom says he's getting a divorce.

    Том каже, що у процесі розлучення. — deniko

Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The legal dissolution of a marriage.

    Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.

    Scheidung, Ehescheidung

    разво́дrazvód, расторже́ние бра́каrastoržénije bráka

    розлу́ченняrozlúčennja, розірва́ння шлю́буrozirvánnja šljúbu, ро́звідrózvid

    the legal dissolution of a marriage

  2. (countable, uncountable)A separation of connected things.

    The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.

    отделе́ниеotdelénije, разры́вrazrýv

  3. (countable, uncountable)The separation of a bonded pair of animals.

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which separates.

Origin

Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), f

Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

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Forms

plural: divorces
Singulardivorce
Pluraldivorces

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
The legal dissolution of a marriage:divorcement
A separation of connected things:separationB1partitionseverance
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • getting a divorce
  • filed for divorce
  • wanted a divorce
  • a divorce lawyer
  • for a divorce
  • divorce lawyer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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