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mar·ried

 (măr′ēd)
adj.
1.
a. Having a spouse: a married woman; a married man.
b. United in matrimony: a married couple.
2.
a. Of or relating to the state of marriage: married bliss.
b. Acquired through marriage: her married name.
3. Closely connected; united.
n. pl. marrieds or married
A married person: young marrieds.
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married

(ˈmærɪd)
adj
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
n
(usually plural) a married person (esp in the phrase young marrieds)
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mar•ried

(ˈmær id)

adj.
1. united in marriage.
2. of or pertaining to marriage or married persons.
3. joined; united.
n.
4. Usu., marrieds. married people.
[1325–75]
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married

  • benedick, benedict - A long-time bachelor who is newly married is a benedick or benedict.
  • quadrigamist - Someone who has married four times.
  • connubial - A synonym for "married, wedded."
  • matrimony - From Latin matrimonium, "state of being married," from mater, "mother," and monium, "-mony" (state, condition).
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

married

marry
1. 'married to'

If you are married to someone, they are your husband or wife.

Her daughter was married to a Frenchman.
2. 'marry'

When you marry someone, you become their husband or wife during a special ceremony.

I wanted to marry him.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'to' after marry. Don't say 'I wanted to marry to him'.

3. 'get married'

Marry is not usually used without an object. Don't say, for example, that a person 'marries' or that two people 'marry'. Say that they get married.

Lisa and Kunal are getting married next month.
My parents want me to get married and settle down.

Marry is sometimes used without an object, but this is a literary or old-fashioned use.

Jane swore that she would never marry.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.married - a person who is married; "we invited several young marrieds"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Adj.1.married - joined in matrimonymarried - joined in matrimony; "a married man"; "a married couple"
mated - mated sexually
unmarried, single - not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
2.married - of or relating to the state of marriagemarried - of or relating to the state of marriage; "marital status"; "marital fidelity"; "married bliss"
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married

adjective
1. wedded, one, united, joined, wed, hitched (slang), spliced (informal) We have been married for 14 years.
2. marital, wifely, husbandly, nuptial, matrimonial, conjugal, spousal, connubial the first ten years of married life
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

married

adjective
Of, relating to, or typical of marriage:
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Translations
مُتَزَوِجٌمُتَزَوِّج، متزوِّجَه
ženatývdaná
gift
naimisissa oleva
oženjen
férjesházasnős
giftur
結婚している
기혼의
nuptauxorátus
vydatáženatý
poročenporočiti se
gift
ได้แต่งงานแล้ว
đã kết hôn

married

[ˈmærɪd]
A. ADJ [person] → casado; [love] → conyugal
married man(hombre m) casado m
married woman(mujer f) casada f
married couplematrimonio m
married lifevida f matrimonial
the married stateel estado matrimonial
twice-marriedcasado por segunda vez or en segundas nupcias
"just married"recién casados
B. CPD married name Nnombre m de casada
married quarters N (Mil) → casa fsing cuartel, residencia fsing para matrimonios
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

married

[ˈmærid] adj [man, woman, couple] → marié(e)
They are not married → Ils ne sont pas mariés.
They have been married for 15 years → Ils sont mariés depuis quinze ans.
a married couple → un couple marié
a married man → un homme marié
to be married to sb → être marié(e) à qn
to get married → se marier
My sister's getting married in June → Ma sœur se marie en juin.married life nvie f conjugalemarried name nnom m de femme mariée
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

married

adj man, womanverheiratet (to sb mit jdm); just or newly marriedfrisch vermählt; married coupleEhepaar nt; married lifedas Eheleben; he/she is a married man/womaner/sie ist verheiratet

married

:
married name
nEhename m
married quarters
plUnterkünfte plfür Eheleute
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

married

[ˈmærɪd] adj (person) → sposato/a; (life, love) → coniugale, matrimoniale; (name) → da sposata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

marry

(ˈmӕri) verb
1. to take (a person) as one's husband or wife. John married my sister; They married in church.
2. (of a clergyman etc) to perform the ceremony of marriage between (two people). The priest married them.
3. to give (a son or daughter) as a husband or wife. He married his son to a rich woman.
ˈmarried adjective
She has two married daughters.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

married

مُتَزَوِجٌ ženatý gift verheiratet παντρεμένος casado naimisissa oleva marié oženjen coniugato 結婚している 기혼의 getrouwd gift żonaty casado женатый gift ได้แต่งงานแล้ว evli đã kết hôn 已婚的
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

married

a. casado-a;
___ couplematrimonio;
___ lifevida conyugal, vida matrimonial.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

married

adj casado; Are you married?..¿Está casado?
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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She has to endure her nephew's birthday party full of smug marrieds wondering why she has no husband, no kids, and is still renting.
The marrieds especially take it personally and will do anything to try to persuade you to get wed and practically get on the phone to the register office there and then.
US actress (vg) went undercover for three months at an English publishers in manner of singleton - and nailed the character of the smoking Chardonnay drinker (vv bad for health, according to smug marrieds).
Cooking for one was boring and getting romantic advice from smug marrieds was excruciating.
"The marriage laws are obviously discriminatory and thereby deny to homosexual couples legal benefits granted to heterosexual marrieds," she wrote in our September 1975 issue.
Young marrieds who want children but can't have them after years of trying will live in full love without children or will adopt them or use artificial insemination.
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