- the man that somebody is married to; a married man
- This is my husband, Steve.
- How did you meet your husband?
- She's finally decided to leave her husband.
- She lost her husband (= he died) recently.
- her late husband
- his husband of four years
- It had been a shock to find himself a husband and father.
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage 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/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- 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 honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
- 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/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife/partner
- annul/dissolve a marriage
- apply 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/partner)
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1- She lost her husband to cancer a year ago.
- She suddenly walked out on her husband, leaving him to bring up the children.
- That was the day she met her future husband.
- He is her second husband.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- future
- prospective
- suitable
- …
- find
- meet
- marry
- …
- husband and wife
Word Originlate Old English in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’, from Old Norse húsomebodyóndi ‘master of a house’, from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil’. The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate’.
Idioms
See husband in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee husband in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishhusband and wife
- a man and woman who are married to each other
- They lived together as husband and wife (= as if they were married) for years.
- a husband-and-wife team
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