divorced

divorced

English

Adjective

divorced

1. Cut off, or separated.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page ix:

     It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

2. (of a marriage) Legally dissolved.

   It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.

3. (of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.

   Mark's parents are divorced.

Synonyms

• split

Antonyms

• connected
• married
• engaged

Derived terms

• innocently divorced

Translations

separated

Catalan: separat (ca) Finnish: erotettu (fi) Hungarian: szétválasztott, elkülönített (hu), elkülönült (hu)

Maori: wehe Spanish: divorciado (es)

legally dissolved

Catalan: divorciat French: divorcé (fr) German: geschieden (de) Hindi: तलाकशुदा (talākśudā) Hungarian: elvált (hu) Ido: divorcinta (io)

Maori: wehe Navajo: ałtsʼátʼáázh Norwegian: Bokmål: fraskilt Russian: разведённый (ru) (razvedjónnyj) Spanish: divorciado (es)

having had one's marriage legally dissolved

Catalan: divorciat Czech: rozvedený Dutch: gescheiden (nl) Finnish: eronnut (fi) French: divorcé (fr) German: geschieden (de)

Greek: διαζευγμένος (el) (diazevgménos), χωρισμένος (el) (chorisménos) Hungarian: elvált (hu) Portuguese: divorciado (pt) Russian: разведённый (ru) (razvedjónnyj) Spanish: divorciado (es)

Verb

divorced

1. simple past tense and past participle of divorce

See also

• divorce
• divorcee
• divorced kid
• divorcing
• marriage
• single
• split
• widow