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Definition of husband noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

husband

 noun
noun
NAmE//ˈhʌzbənd//
 
(informal hubby)
 
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  •  the man that a woman is married to; a married man This is my husband, Steve. Topic CollocationsMarriage and Divorceromance
    • fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly)in love (with somebody)
    • be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
    • be/find true love/the love of your life
    • suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
    • have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
    • meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
    • have/go on a (blind)date
    • be going out with/dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
    • move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend
    weddings
    • get/be engaged/married/divorced
    • arrange/plan a wedding
    • have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
    • have/enter into an arranged marriage
    • call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
    • invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
    • conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
    • exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
    • congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
    • be/go on your honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
    • celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
    separation and divorce
    • be unfaithful to/ (informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
    • have an affair (with somebody)
    • break off/end an engagement/a relationship
    • break up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
    • separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
    • annul/dissolve a marriage
    • file for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
    • get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
    • pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)
  • Idioms
    husband and wife
     
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    a man and woman who are married to each other a husband-and-wife team
    See husband in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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