/wɑ?vz/pl ofwife(Definition ofwivesfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofwives
wivesThey were sufficiently comfortable that the leprosarium was theirs to send theirwivesand children to the place.From theCambridge English CorpusWhenever the men were not speaking, theirwiveshandled the necessary business between the families through letters and visits.From theCambridge English CorpusThey were asked a series of questions about their work and family histories ; 53 of theirwivesalso took part.From theCambridge English CorpusIn the smaller karkhanas, owners, theirwivesand their children continued to do weaving and other tasks alongside hired labour.From theCambridge English CorpusCitizens'wivesand daughters were far more likely to be the subjects of petitions and pleas for mercy than were marginal women and outsiders.From theCambridge English CorpusMost of the earliest bishops'wiveswere uncommemorated after death.From theCambridge English CorpusAlthough formally the dowry remained in the complete control ofwives, husbands apparently relied on these dowries as available credit.From theCambridge English CorpusChildlesswivesare therefore likely to underestimate the possible disadvantages of their position.From theCambridge English CorpusFirstly 56 per cent (157) of the husbands denied their credit towiveswho had eloped.From theCambridge English CorpusWhile not denying that they had confined theirwives, they downplayed its significance.From theCambridge English CorpusHusbands andwivesgenerally retain separate budgets, with the husbands contributing to the maintenance of the children but only covering a part of their costs.From theCambridge English CorpusWivesmade active claims on their incomes for domestic maintenance, so that such contributions came to be seen as less and less discretionary.From theCambridge English CorpusThe importance of railwaymen's economic contributions reinforced prevailing notions that men were considered household heads, even whenwivesearned income as well.From theCambridge English CorpusThe gender divide within marriages is shown by more husbands thanwivesreceiving expressive or instrumental support from their spouse.From theCambridge English CorpusAnother 22 % said friends or relatives, excludingwives, had advised them.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/wives##
