estranged

«estranged» in Mova's school dictionary: no longer close to someone, usually a family member or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Estranged means no longer close to someone, usually a family member or husband or wife, because you have stopped speaking or living together. tree →

2) (formal) Cut off or feeling apart from something you once belonged to. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories and news about families: «his estranged father», «an estranged wife». It tells the reader there was a break in the relationship, often after a quarrel.

examples

• She had not spoken to her estranged sister for a long time. tree →
• The estranged brothers met again at the funeral. tree →
• His estranged wife lives in another city. tree →
• The story is about an estranged father and son who make peace. tree →
• After the argument, they became estranged. tree →
• The old man wrote to his estranged daughter. tree →

note

Usually used before a family word (estranged husband, estranged mother). Verb «estrange» is rare. Not the same as «strange» (odd), although they share a root.

In the corpora

• "Estranged" means not in contact any more after a quarrel.
• The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
• They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths,
• He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «estranged» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.