wife
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1.0
- noun
- /waɪf/
- "Now that you have told us the news, my wife will retire to her room."
- husband and wife
- wife and mother
- wife and children
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Watch on YouTubeAnd that's when your wife needs you the most.
- And that's when your wife needs you the most.
- This man leaves his wife for Casey Anthony.
- Have you seen my wife or my baby?
- You know, my wife, my kids, I can't.
- Love God first and love your wife next.
- That means that my wife picked up the slack.
- And it is the wife of Samuel Alito.
- And it was something that my wife and I thought up.
- I got, I've got to meet his wife Ginger and their kids.
- How would you feel if your wife was a sex worker?
- We know that he married well, his first wife Khadija.
- So I said to my wife, I said call Trey Parker.
- I want a better life for myself, for my wife, for our boys.
- And my sister's wife is from New Zealand.
- Mum was the most loyal wife you could ever have.
Examples
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In the bedroom, my wife turned on the hair dryer for the third time.
Academic text (2011) -
And that's when your wife needs you the most.
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My son lives with my wife and her new husband.
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Love God first and love your wife next.
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And it was something that my wife and I thought up.
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I have a loving wife and a son.
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A man that finds a wife finds a good thing.
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Babe Brother, you ought to take your wife home so she can get some rest.
Fiction book (1990) -
Mrs. Campbell, though, was a soldier's wife and applied for the major's protection.
Academic text (2011) -
He took his wife on a romantic vacation to celebrate their anniversary.
Synonyms
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1.1
A husband, wife, or long-term companion in a romantic relationship
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1.0
A person who is married to someone
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7.9
A woman someone treats as their ideal partner for a long time
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9.9
A married woman who manages the home in old times
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
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6.5
An attractive younger wife of a rich older man seen mainly as a way to show wealth
- Literature
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9.9
A woman in the Bible who turned into a pillar of salt after looking back at Sodom
- Formal
A right that stops a spouse from being forced to tell private conversations with their spouse during marriage in court
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Wife comes from the old English word wīf, which meant 'woman' or 'female'. That's why wife today means a married woman, and you can still see the same root in midwife, where wife also refers to 'woman'.