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estrange

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \i-ˈstrānj\
    • /ɪˈstreɪndʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \i-ˈstrānj\

Definitions of estrange word

  • noun estrange Cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate to someone; alienate. 1
  • transitive verb estrange make distant, alienate 1
  • verb estrange to separate and live apart from (one's spouse) 0
  • verb estrange to antagonize or lose the affection of (someone previously friendly); alienate 0
  • verb transitive estrange to remove, as from usual surroundings or associates; keep apart or away 0
  • verb transitive estrange to turn (a person) from an affectionate or friendly attitude to an indifferent, unfriendly, or hostile one; alienate the affections of 0

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Parts of speech for Estrange

noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
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determiner
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estrange popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for estrange

verb estrange

  • alienate — If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you.
  • disaffect — to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal: The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.
  • set against — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.

Antonyms for estrange

verb estrange

  • agree — If people agree with each other about something, they have the same opinion about it or say that they have the same opinion.
  • combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
  • come — When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there.
  • connect — If something or someone connects one thing to another, or if one thing connects to another, the two things are joined together.
  • hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.

Top questions with estrange

  • what does estrange mean?
  • how to estrange yourself from family?

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