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Meaning of "widowerhood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WIDOWERHOOD

widowerhood  [ˈwɪdəʊərhʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIDOWERHOOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Widowerhood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WIDOWERHOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of widowerhood in the English dictionary

The definition of widowerhood in the dictionary is the condition or period of being a widower.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WIDOWERHOOD


adulthood
ˈædʌltˌhʊd
boyhood
ˈbɔɪhʊd
brotherhood
ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd
childhood
ˈtʃaɪldhʊd
falsehood
ˈfɔːlsˌhʊd
fatherhood
ˈfɑːðəˌhʊd
hood
hʊd
likelihood
ˈlaɪklɪˌhʊd
livelihood
ˈlaɪvlɪˌhʊd
manhood
ˈmænhʊd
motherhood
ˈmʌðəˌhʊd
neighborhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
neighbourhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
parenthood
ˈpɛərənthʊd
priesthood
ˈpriːstˌhʊd
sisterhood
ˈsɪstəˌhʊd
statehood
ˈsteɪthʊd
victimhood
ˈvɪktɪmhʊd
waiterhood
ˈweɪtərhʊd
womanhood
ˈwʊmənˌhʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIDOWERHOOD

widish
Widnes
widow
widow bird
widow woman
widow´s benefit
widow´s cruse
widow´s mite
widow´s peak
widow´s pension
widow´s walk
widow´s weeds
widowed
widower
widowhood
widowman
width
widthway
widthways
widthwise

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIDOWERHOOD

bachelorhood
beggarhood
daughterhood
extractor hood
flapperhood
godhood
knighthood
lens hood
masterhood
maximum likelihood
nationhood
prophethood
sainthood
selfhood
servanthood
singlehood
spinsterhood
surrogate motherhood
toddlerhood
traitorhood

Synonyms and antonyms of widowerhood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «widowerhood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIDOWERHOOD

Find out the translation of widowerhood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of widowerhood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «widowerhood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

widowerhood
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

viudez
570 millions of speakers

English

widowerhood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

widowerhood
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

widowerhood
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

widowerhood
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

viuvez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

widowerhood
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

veuvage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Duda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Witwer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

widowerhood
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

홀아비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Widowerhood
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

widowerhood
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

widowerhood
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विधवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

widowerhood
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vedovanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

widowerhood
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

widowerhood
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

widowerhood
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

widowerhood
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

widowerhood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

widowerhood
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

widowerhood
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of widowerhood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIDOWERHOOD»

The term «widowerhood» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.677 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WIDOWERHOOD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about widowerhood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIDOWERHOOD»

Discover the use of widowerhood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to widowerhood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Graying of America: An Encyclopedia of Aging, Health, ...
443 / WIDOWHOOD AND WIDOWERHOOD that may be involved. For example, the husband may have heard that day of the death of a close friend, and he had a few drinks to help relieve his sorrow. A theoretical approach that has been ...
Donald H. Kausler, Barry C. Kausler, 2001
2
Marriages, Families, and Relationships: Making Choices in a ...
Adjustment to widowhood or widowerhood is an important common family transition in later life. A spouse's death brings the conjugal unit to an end—often a profoundly painful event. “The stress and emotional trauma of losing a spouse as a ...
Mary Ann Lamanna, Agnes Riedmann, 2011
3
Racing Pigeons Advanced Techniques: Old Birds Training and ...
At the beginning of the year the hen in case will be allready separated in the hens loft .This hen will be trained and raced on the widowerhood system with the other hens that participate or not in the important race. During the racing season this ...
Dacian Busecan, 2014
4
Hale And Hearty Ever After Fifty
Widowhood and Widowerhood Widowhood and Widowerhood In the foregoing pages we have extensively discussed the bickerings, quarrels and arguments that take place among the married couples and also how to combat them and ...
S. Chandra, 2001
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Understanding Relations the Vedic Astrological Way
Chapter11. Combinations. leading. To. Widowerhood. i i i i i i Sun placed in the Virgo ascendant and Saturn in the 7th house in Pisces. Mars in 6th house, Rahu in 7th and Saturn in 8th. Malefics in 2nd house and 7th house. Rahu in 7th ...
Alka Vijh, 2011
6
Family Scripts
WIDOWERHOOD—. A. BACKWARDS. SCRIPT? Most marriages end with a partner's death. Although a spouse can die during early or middle adult years. widowhood usually occurs later in life. In most cases. it is the man who dies first. a ...
Joan D. Atwood, 1996
7
Pension and Widows' and Orphans' Funds
(b) Present married members. A benefit equal to one-half of the total past contributions would be payable on cessation of membership during widowerhood but before age 65 and would be valued by the factor 64—2: t5) Dat +i+tdn+tbAw+t+f_ D ...
R. J. W. Crabbe, C. A. Poyser, 2013
8
Basque-English, English-Basque Dictionary
... howl, scream. alargun n widow, n widower, adj. widowed. alargundu vi. to become a widow(er). alargunketa n act of becoming a widow or a widower alarguntasun n widowhood, n widowerhood. alarguntsa n widow alarguntza n widowhood, ...
Gorka Aulestia, 1992
9
GAY WIDOWERS: Life After the Death of a Partner
During the first phase your partner is still alive, and the actual mourning and grieving begins as the process of widowerhood commences with the various losses his illness starts to impose on your life as your relationship changes from an ...
Michael Shernoff, Michael Shernoff, MSW, ACSW, 2013
10
New Dimensions in Marketing/quality-of-life Research
In the following section, we briefly highlight the nature and substance of previous research on widow- and widowerhood in sociology and marketing. We then discuss the stages of grief and basic role differences perceived during this difficult ...
M. Joseph Sirgy, A. Coskun Samli, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIDOWERHOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term widowerhood is used in the context of the following news items.
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Longtime friend of former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Chia …
He added: "Their friendship survived the Japanese Occupation, Singapore's independence, marriages, children, grandchildren and widowerhood." The late Mr ... «AsiaOne, Jun 15»
2
Is Kate Atkinson Britains Most Ambitious Novelist?
... grandchildren—clever, self-contained Bertie and poor, struggling Sunny—who end up filling “a lot of the spaces” left in his life by widowerhood and retirement; ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
3
How Mexico City saved me from grief
Or maybe it was one of those inertia-defying widowerhood decisions, that he would finally learn to drive, which is pretty much precisely what, in the summer of ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
4
Ageing alone: Isolation and loneliness await growing number of men
... in post-work life, as well as offering support at certain later-life events, such as widowerhood, that can impact older men's exposure to isolation and loneliness. «The Independent, Oct 14»
5
The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle by Francisco Goldman …
His quest begins with what he calls "one of those inertia-defying widowerhood decisions" – taking driving lessons, a project that holds out the neat metaphorical ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
6
FrightFest: where the horror genre is still twitching
... in the first FrightFest in 2000), R100 follows a middle-aged protagonist struggling to reconcile widowerhood and fatherhood with an abiding, guilt-tinged desire ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
7
New York Review: BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
Despite the halo of long-suffering widowerhood as the cop invalided out of the force after being shot six times by a white rookie cop, Walter turns out to be less ... «Philly.com, Aug 14»
8
A toxic reputation: Margot Asquith's Great War Diary
Herbert Henry Asquith married Margot Tennant in 1894, when he was home secretary, after three years of widowerhood. She became stepmother to his five ... «New Statesman, Jul 14»
9
Love wins in gay couple's 40-year immigration fight
I should be allowed to continue my life here even though it's in a state of widowerhood. Anthony Sullivan. Sullivan had exhausted every avenue available to him. «CNN, Jun 14»
10
Nigel Laycock 'Lives the Dream' from Carentan
This year he has raced on widowerhood prepared on Van Robaeys corn and the use of products from 'Pigeon vitality' which Nigel is very impressed with. «Elimar Pigeon Services, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Widowerhood [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/widowerhood>. Apr 2024 ».
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