wife
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
How often you will meet it
Rank 259 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 85,461 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.041% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a married woman; a man's partner in marriage also: married woman
wife in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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My wife works regularly ‘on the land’.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife....
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Whether this implied that he had been disappointed in his wife, nobody could tell.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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I never know where my wife is, and my wife never knows what I am doing.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Sir Thomas Tresham had, as he proposed, left his wife and son at Exeter when the force marched away.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1