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spouse | American Dictionary

spouse
noun[ C ]
us/spɑʊs/
a person’s husband or wife

Examples of spouse

spouse
Moreover, when female members could not attend training events or visits for personal reasons, their spouses came forward to represent the families.
Several were relatively young or had a young spouse, and their labour sustained a capital base sufficient to withstand one health or economic crisis.
Older women's more limited access to retirement funds is, however, mitigated among those whose spouses were government workers, because typically they share the benefits.
The implications of such findings is that by changing the communication patterns between spouses, the rate of cardiovascular diseases could perhaps be reduced.
Treatment placed a heavy burden on family including children and spouses.
The presence of the parent in the home seems to facilitate joint care-giving by spouses, as does the extra burden of care for another parent.
These dimensions included spouse problems, spouse support, relative problems, relative support, friend problems, friend support, confidants and social integration.
This is a timely and important reminder of the emotional and practical difficulties experienced by partners and spouses when the problem of care-home admission presents.
As the age of care recipients increases, the proportion of care-giving spouses decreases and the proportion of care-giving children increases.
Family members were defined as first-degree relatives (spouse, parents, children, siblings) of cancer patients.
The proportion of dual private pension households, where both spouses have private pension coverage, is 28 per cent.
Elderly spouses also provide much of the care for dementia sufferers in the community.
The gender divide within marriages is shown by more husbands than wives receiving expressive or instrumental support from their spouse.
The home expressed the person's individuality, it affirmed links with the past, and it could also be a shrine to a spouse's memory.
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Collocations withspouse

spouse

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divorced spouse
In these new circumstances the amount of periodical allowance payable by the bankrupt to his divorcedspouse may be quite unrealistic.
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