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# estrangement

«estrangement» in Mova's school dictionary: **when people who used to be close, especially family…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (estrangement, estrangements); adjective estranged

### meaning for a pupil

1) Estrangement is when people who used to be close, especially family members, stop speaking or seeing each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/#m1)

2) It is a feeling of being distant or cut off from someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Adult life seen by a child: an estranged parent, grandparent or sibling; also in stories and news about families and countries. A sad, serious word. Phrases: estrangement from, years of estrangement, estranged father.

### examples

- After years of estrangement, the brothers finally met again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/#x1)
- Her estrangement from her aunt began with an argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/#x2)
- The novel is about a girl and her estranged father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/#x3)
- Estrangement can make holidays hard for some families. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/#x4)
- The two countries ended their estrangement with a peace deal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/#x5)
- He felt a strange estrangement from his old friends after moving away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/#x6)
- Do you not consider the harm you may be doing yourself, and fear that malicious people, seeking the cause of your estrangement, may guess the real one?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/#x7)

### note

Formal. Estranged is the common adjective («her estranged husband» means they are separated). It is nobody's fault to talk about in class; family situations are private and often complicated.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «estrangement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/estrangement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.