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Definition of fiancée noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fiancée

noun
 
/fiˈɒnseɪ/
 
/ˌfiːɑːnˈseɪ/
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  1. the woman that somebody is engaged to
    • Paul and his fiancée were there.
    Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorceRomance
    • fall/​be (madly/​deeply/​hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
    • be/​believe in/​fall in love at first sight
    • be/​find true love/​the love of your life
    • suffer (from) (the pains/​pangs of) unrequited love
    • have/​feel/​show/​express great/​deep/​genuine affection for somebody/​something
    • meet/​marry your husband/​wife/​partner/​fiancé/fiancée/​boyfriend/​girlfriend
    • have/​go on a (blind) date
    • be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/​girl/​boy/​man/​woman
    • move in with/​live with your boyfriend/​girlfriend/​partner
    Weddings
    • get/​be engaged/​married/​divorced
    • arrange/​plan a wedding
    • have a big wedding/​a honeymoon/​a happy marriage
    • have/​enter into an arranged marriage
    • call off/​cancel/​postpone your wedding
    • invite somebody to/​go to/​attend a wedding/​a wedding ceremony/​a wedding reception
    • conduct/​perform a wedding ceremony
    • exchange rings/​wedding vows/​marriage vows
    • congratulate/​toast/​raise a glass to the happy couple
    • be/​go on honeymoon (with your wife/​husband)
    • celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
    Separation and divorce
    • be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/​wife/​partner/​fiancé/fiancée/​boyfriend/​girlfriend
    • have an affair (with somebody)
    • break off/​end an engagement/​a relationship
    • break up with/​split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/​girlfriend/​partner
    • separate from/​be separated from/​leave/​divorce your husband/​wife/​partner
    • annul/​dissolve a marriage
    • apply for/​ask for/​go through/​get a divorce
    • get/​gain/​be awarded/​have/​lose custody of the children
    • pay alimony/​child support (to your ex-wife/​husband/​partner)
    Topics Life stagesc1
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