Divorce meaning in English

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Definition

to divorce (someone) / to be divorced (by someone): to legally end a marriage with (someone) / to have one's marriage legally ended (by someone) verb

Examples

  • "Divorce a supermodel."
  • "Marital status: MARRIED 8 TIMES, DIVORCED 3 TIMES"
  • "Susie : Our key demographic is divorced, love-starved women, aged 29-55."
  • "Single or divorced?"
  • "Leeson is currently awaiting his trial date, being divorced by his wife, and finalising a million-pound book deal."
  • "It's common knowledge around the office that she is going through a painful divorce."
  • "I've been divorced three times in 10 years."
  • "My divorce is finally final, and my monkey has learned to copy my signature."
  • "That's one of the reasons we divorced."
Exercise 1
Luna's title is "Ms": she wants to be addressed as "Ms Luna DeLune".

This tells us that Luna:
Luna's title is "Ms": she wants to be addressed as "Ms Luna DeLune".

This tells us that Luna:
This is incorrect. The title which tells us that a woman is definitely not married is "Miss". "Ms" does not convey any information about a woman's marital status.
This is incorrect. The title which tells us that a woman is definitely married is "Mrs". "Ms" does not convey any information about a woman's marital status.
This is incorrect. "Ms" does not convey any information about a woman's marital status. Divorced woman can refer to themselves as "Miss", "Mrs", or "Ms".
This is the correct choice here. The feminine title "Ms" is used by women who do not wish to tell people whether or not they are married, simply by their name! It's a fairly modern innovation, but a very useful one. Example: "Susan was sick of men hitting on her when she called herself Miss Bliss. Now, she calls herself 'Ms Bliss".

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