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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Definition of married adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a legally accepted relationship between two people in which they live together, or the official ceremony that results in this: They had a long and happy marriage. She went to live in another state after the break-up of her marriage. She has two daughters by her first marriage. the marriage ceremony.
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.
