Divorced Meaning
/dɪˈvɔː(ɹ)st/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCut off, or separated.
"divorced from reality"
"It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities."— 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page ix:
adjLegally dissolved.
"It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced."
adjHaving had one's marriage legally dissolved.
"Mark's parents are divorced."
verbsimple past and past participle of divorce
Sentence Examples
She divorced her good-for-nothing husband because she was disgusted with him.
Once divorced from key questions of national culture and identity, comparative literature loses its way.
Apparently they are getting divorced soon.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After a bitter split, the woman became a single mother and ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She ____ her good-for-nothing husband because she was disgusted with him.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After a bitter split, the woman became a single mother and ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She ____ her good-for-nothing husband because she was disgusted with him.