Divorce - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
verb
- get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage (syn: split up)
Extra examples
Since getting a divorce, she has been raising her children alone.
They went through a lengthy divorce.
Their marriage ended in divorce.
Financial problems are a leading cause of divorce.
After years of unhappiness, she decided to divorce him.
They both agreed it was best to divorce.
Their constitution divorces church and state.
This famous actress has been divorced from three husbands.
A friend of mine divorced her husband.
Why doesn't she get a divorce?
One in three marriages ends in divorce.
His wife has started divorce proceedings.
She received the house as part of the divorce settlement (=the amount of money, property etc each person receives in a divorce case).
The Act extended the grounds (=legal reasons) for divorce.
David's parents divorced when he was six.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: divorce
he/she/it: divorces
present participle: divorcing
past tense: divorced
past participle: divorced
singular: divorce
plural: divorces
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