noun / verb · neutral
divorce
UK/dɪˈvɔːs/US/dɪˈvɔːrs/di·VORCE
Band 4-5speakingtask2
(noun) The legal ending of a marriage; (verb) to legally end a marriage.
Examples
“They decided to divorce after ten years of marriage.”
“The divorce rate has increased in recent decades.”
“She filed for divorce last month.”
Band 8 sentence
“After careful consideration and many counselling sessions, they chose to divorce because their life goals had drifted apart.”
Collocations
- get a divorce
- divorce rate
- file for divorce
Word family
divorce noun / verbdivorced adjectivedivorcer noun (rare)
Common mistakes
He divorced with his wife.→He divorced his wife.
They are divorce.→They are divorced.
Say it for a higher band
5split up→6separate→7+divorce
Synonyms
separate
Easily confused
separate
“After months of arguing, they decided to separate.”
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