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noun ADJ. amicable, uncontested | acrimonious, bitter | messy, painful | quick VERB + DIVORCE want | apply for, ask for, file for, petition for, seek, sue for, want She filed for divorce in 1996. | get, obtain He told her that he was married but getting a divorce. | experience, go through She watched her parents go through an acrimonious divorce. | agree to, consent to | contest These days divorce is rarely contested. | grant (sb) Over 50,000 divorces were granted last year. | refuse sb | end in An increasing number of marriages end in divorce. DIVORCE + VERB come through He is waiting for the divorce to come through before he remarries. DIVORCE + NOUN court | case, proceedings | decree, settlement | figures, rate, statistics The divorce rate has been growing steadily since 1971. | law PREP. ~ from her divorce from the pop star | ~ on the grounds of seeking a divorce on the grounds of cruelty PHRASES grounds for divorce He cited adultery as grounds for divorce.
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verbs
get a divorce
(= end your marriage )
• Their marriage had never been happy and in the end they got a divorce.
go through a divorce
(= experience getting a divorce )
• I was going through a divorce and it was a very painful time.
want a divorce
• She told him she wanted a divorce.
ask (somebody) for a divorce
• She asked her husband for a divorce after he had been unfaithful.
a marriage ends in divorce
• Five years later, their marriage ended in divorce.
file for divorce
( also petition for divorce formal ) (= start the legal divorce process )
• The next day I saw a lawyer and filed for a divorce.
adjectives
a bitter divorce
(= involving very angry feelings )
• After a long and bitter divorce, Wendy was looking forward to starting a new life.
a messy divorce
(= complicated and unpleasant to deal with )
• She wanted to avoid a messy divorce .
a painful divorce
(= causing a lot of sadness )
• I have been through a painful divorce, and know what it feels like.
divorce + NOUN
the divorce rate
(= the number of people who get a divorce )
• The country has a high divorce rate.
divorce proceedings
(= the legal processes of getting a divorce )
• His first marriage was unsuccessful and led to long divorce proceedings.
a divorce settlement
(= the amount of money, property etc each person gets in a divorce )
• She received a $10 million divorce settlement from her first husband.
a divorce case
(= a legal case dealing with a divorce )
• It was the biggest divorce case that an English court has dealt with.
a divorce lawyer/court
(= one dealing with divorce )
• She's a famous New York divorce lawyer.
divorce papers
(= documents concerning a divorce )
• My husband refused to sign the divorce papers.
phrases
grounds for divorce
(= acceptable reasons for divorce, according to the law )
• Violence and neglect are grounds for divorce.
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