Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #730 of 1319

spouse (n.)

a husband or wife

Examples

  • Her spouse works abroad.

Key rules

  • A spouse is a husband or wife
  • My spouse, her spouse
  • Spouse is countable

Common mistakes

  • My spouses works abroad → My spouse works abroad
💡 Tip: Legal documents // Marriage // Forms
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