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spouse
[ noun spous, spouz; verb spouz, spous ]
noun
- either member of a married pair in relation to the other; one's husband or wife.
verb (used with object)
- Obsolete. to join, give, or take in marriage.
spouse
noun
- a person's partner in marriage spousal
verb
- obsolete.tr to marry
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉辫辞耻蝉别顎僪辞辞诲 noun
- 蝉辫辞耻蝉别顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
- 耻苍路蝉辫辞耻蝉别诲顎 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spouse1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spouse1
Example Sentences
Meghan can look at her father-in-law and see challenges that reflect her own 鈥 like being an unpopular, press-battered royal with an unpopular spouse.
And efforts to go down that futile path only lead to ever more draconian censorship, such as telling queer teachers to hide their spouses, while allowing straight teachers freedom to talk about theirs.
Lynn Reublinger, a school teacher with metastatic breast cancer, has a spouse who helps cover the bills that come with her treatment.
The universe of problems imagined for the user was comically small: a quarrel with a coworker, a disagreement with a spouse or a fussy child.
Davis is expected to be charged with five counts of misdemeanor battery, battery causing serious injury, use of force likely to cause significant injury, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse and criminal threats.
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What does听spouse mean?
厂辞尘别辞苍别鈥檚 spouse is the person who they鈥檙e married to鈥攖heir partner in marriage.
A spouse who鈥檚 a man is often called a husband, while a spouse who鈥檚 a woman is often called a wife. The word partner is a gender-neutral way to refer to one鈥檚 spouse. People most commonly use one of these terms when talking about or introducing their spouse, as opposed to using the word spouse. The word spouse is more commonly used in formal or official contexts, such as on forms that require family relations to be specified.
An adjective form of spouse is spousal, meaning relating to or involving marriage, as in Does this insurance plan provide spousal coverage?
Example: If you and your spouse file your taxes jointly, you may be eligible for certain rebates.
Where does听spouse come from?
The first records of the word spouse come from the 1100s. It comes from the Latin terms 蝉辫艒苍蝉耻蝉 and 蝉辫艒苍蝉补, meaning 鈥betrothed man鈥 and 鈥渂etrothed woman.鈥 These terms derive from the Latin verb 蝉辫辞苍诲脓谤别, 鈥渢o pledge.鈥
A spouse is the person who has pledged to wed another person and be united in marriage with that person, usually in some official way. This union is formally called wedlock. Fittingly, wed, wedlock, and wedding are all based on a word that means 鈥減ledge.鈥
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What are some other forms related to spouse?
- spousal (adjective)
- spousehood (noun)
What are some synonyms for spouse?
What are some words that often get used in discussing spouse?
How is听spouse used in real life?
Spouse is perhaps most commonly used in formal or official contexts as a way of referring to a marriage partner in a gender-neutral way.
Participants needed for study on pandemic鈥檚 impact on veterans and their spouses
鈥 CTV London (@CTVLondon)
An wedding tip: If tying the knot means you and your spouse now have two incomes, use the Tax Withholding Estimator to calculate the right amount of tax withholding for you this year.
鈥 IRS #COVIDreliefIRS (@IRSnews)
Every day is mental health awareness day when you have a diagnosis. Often times, though, you鈥檇 never know just by looking at us. We have friends, and jobs, and kids, and spouses. We laugh, and smile, and cry, and yell. We struggle but we are not defined by our brain chemistry.
鈥 Katie Leslie (@katieliz28)
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The event is open to employees and their spouses.
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