Definizione monolingua

divorce

divorce (third-person singular simple present divorces, present participle divorcing, simple past and past participle divorced)

1. (transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

   A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.

2. (transitive) To end ones own marriage in this way.

   Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.

3. (transitive) To separate something that was connected.

   The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.

4. (intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.

   Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.

divorce (plural divorces)

1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.

   Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasnt returned to the dating scene.

2. A separation of connected things.

   The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic, as well as geographic, lines.

Definizione dizionario divorce

	divorzio
	Scioglimento legale del vincolo di matrimonio.
	Legal dissolution of a marriage.

divorziare

separazione

Altri significati:

unrealized marriage (prospects)

To have one's marriage legally dissolved.

To legally dissolve a marriage.