AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
'Estranged wife'
Does 'estranged' in 'estranged wife' mean 'widowed'?
Top answer
No, it means 'no longer living with'. You could have got this answer from a dictionary. BillJ
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No, it means 'no longer living with'. You could have got this answer from a dictionary.
BillJ
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AH020387Thanks, but why didn't you just say it means 'divorced'?
Because 'estranged' does not mean the same as 'divorced'. These participial adjectives have different meanings; check your dictionary.
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