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

Then she married British Army Major Kenneth Stoppard, who gave the family a new surname and moved them to England in 1946.

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There his mother met and married an Englishman, a Major Stoppard.

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If you are married or live with a partner, your instinct might be to enroll in the same plan as them for convenience.

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This mother of four married to a military veteran said it was her 72nd protest since February.

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On its face, Music Inn was the project of a married couple from a desirable Manhattan social circle.

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