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

The couple met at Yale Law School and married in 2014.

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When she was married, she had just a cursory participation in their married finances, but had to assume it all upon the husband’s passing.

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“I am the only grandchild who’s not married and doesn’t have kids yet,” she said.

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“It was awful,” Appel, now 42 and married to another man, recalled.

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"It really sucks because I got married and you're meant to be having the best years of your lives," Kat said.

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