wives

CEFRA1

/waɪvz/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Plural of wife; married women in relation to their spouses.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    genitive of wife

Examples

  • Many families now have two breadwinners with both husbands and wives working.

  • The two wives shared stories about their families during the dinner party.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

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In context

  • These days more young husbands help their wives with housework.

  • […] beautie in his wiues face, will féede his heart with a thouſand delights: […]

  • […] where Hercules and Omphale having changed garments, he lying in his wives clothes, and ſhe in his Lions skin, made the luſtfull God mistake ſo unluckily, […]

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

In the village, the blank of the fishermen prepared nets while their husbands were at sea.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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