married

[mar-eed]

adjective

1. united in wedlock; wedded.

   married couples.

2. of or relating to marriage or married persons; connubial; conjugal.

   married happiness.

3. (of an antique) created from components of two or more authentic pieces.

4. interconnected or joined; united.

5. (of a family name) acquired through marriage.

noun

1. Usually marrieds. married couples or married people.

   young marrieds moving into their first home.

married

/ ˈmærɪd /

adjective

1. having a husband or wife

2. joined in marriage

   a married couple

3. of or involving marriage or married persons

4. closely or intimately united

noun

1. (usually plural) a married person (esp in the phrase young marrieds )

Other Word Forms

• marriedly adverb
• unmarried adjective
• well-married adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of married¹

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; marry ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

"Eleven years married, three children. My husband started drinking alcohol, started getting on the whisky and then he divorced me," she says.

From BBC

But I'm grateful for the progress that we've been able to make, people like myself and so many other amazing women, without the married title.

From BBC

The legal change, which passed in a knife-edge vote in parliament, also restricts adoption to married heterosexual couples and prohibits surrogate pregnancies.

From BBC

I’m a New Yorker and a hardcore Yankees fan, but I’m married to a Dodgers fan.

From Los Angeles Times

“After getting married in 2015 at the Beverly Hills courthouse, we went to the Mt. Baldy Lodge just to mark the occasion, and it became a tradition.”

From Los Angeles Times