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The meaning of MARRIED is being in the state of matrimony : wedded. How to use married in a sentence.
having a wife or husband: a married couple. We've been happily married for five years. Please state whether you are single, cohabiting, married, separated, divorced or widowed. Smith was married with two children.
adjective. united in wedlock; wedded: married couples. of or relating to marriage or married persons; connubial; conjugal: married happiness. (of an antique) created from components of two or more authentic pieces. interconnected or joined; united. (of a family name) acquired through marriage.
In many Western cultures, marriage usually leads to the formation of a new household comprising the married couple, with the married couple living together in the same home, often sharing the same bed, but in some other cultures this is not the tradition.
1. a. see usage paragraph below : the state of being united as spouses in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. b. : the mutual relation of married persons : wedlock. c. : the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage. 2. : an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected.
Definition of married adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you say that someone is married to their work or another activity, you mean that they are very involved with it and have little interest in anything else.
Married people are legally committed to each other — they're joined in marriage, or wedded. Even though you may feel emotionally committed to your mate, you need to legally tie the know to be considered married.
1. a. : to join in marriage according to law or custom. b. : to find a marriage partner for (someone, especially one's child) They married their son to the daughter of a close friend. trying to marry their children off. c. : to take as spouse : wed.
a relationship in which two people have pledged themselves to each other in the manner of a husband and wife, without legal sanction: trial marriage. any close or intimate association or union: the marriage of words and music in a hit song. Synonyms: confederation, alliance, oneness, unity, merger, blend.
