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divorcing

verb
USdi-VORS-ing/dɪˈvɔɹsɪŋ/UKdi-VAWS-ing/dɪˈvɔːsɪŋ/

1 meaning of divorcing

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of divorce.

    After years of quiet resentment, the couple were finally divorcing.

    Divorcing late in life left her with difficult questions about retirement.

    Note

    The -ing form carries every use of the verb with it. It can stand alone, as in they are divorcing, or take the spouse as its object, as in divorcing her husband. It also serves the figurative use of separating connected things: divorcing theory from practice. As a gerund it keeps its object directly, where the noun needs of: divorcing a spouse, but the divorce of a couple.

divorcing is a form of divorce

divorce, verb: To legally end one's marriage to a particular person. Full entry

Forms
divorcedivorces he/she/itdivorcing -ing formdivorced past tense, past participle
Spelling
divorce → divorcing: drop the e, add -ing

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