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Wife
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Wife
/waɪf/
A married woman considered in relation to her spouse.
Synonyms:
spouse
partner
mate
consort
Antonyms:
husband
bachelor
Examples:
My
wife
is awesome.
In the future there will be no
wives
and no friends.
He looked at his
wife
.
Etymology:
Derived from Old English
wīf
, Middle English
wyf
, meaning woman, feminine, wife, and relates to Proto-Germanic ‘wībam’.
Usage Statistics:
199 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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