marital status
noun
one's status with regard to marriage: being married, unmarried, divorced, widowed, etc.
marital statuses
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pluralof marital status.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Real income has risen for people across all age brackets and marital statuses, and as more women entered the workforce, men did not lose out.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
What, you ask, do my parental and marital statuses have to do with recognizing the outrage of what he said?
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2016
