/dɪˈvɔːs/
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Translation
The legal end of a marriage.
Word origin
From Latin divortium, from divertere, meaning to turn away.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- divortium
- English cognates
- divert, diverse
Grammar
Gender
Pluraldivorces
Examples
.
"Get a divorce" is the usual way to say this.
.
"Go through a divorce" means to live through that hard time.
divorced .
Here "divorce" is a verb and means to end a marriage.
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