married
/ˈmæɹ.id/UK/ˈmæɹ.ɪd/
married adjective: in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband. Also the simple past and past participle of marry.
Adjective
married (not comparable)
- In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
- Are you married or single?
- Middle-aged, married fathers make up the bulk of those who have gotten vasectomies, with less than two percent of unmarried men relying on vasectomy for contraception, according to one analysis of data between 2002 and 2015 by the Department of Health and Human Services.2022 August 12, Alisha Haridasani Gupta, “‘Snip Snip Hooray’: Vasectomies Among the Young and Child-Free May Be Rising”, in The New York Times
- Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse; strongly committed or attached to something.
- married to one's work
- married to an idea
Noun
married (plural marrieds)
- A married person.
- A perfect example is life insurance. Most people starting out don't need it; you should only insure what you can't afford to lose or replace, and singles or young marrieds without a lot of assets frequently don't require coverage.2001, Charles A. Jaffe, The Right Way to Hire Financial Help, page 11
Also used as
married is also the simple past and past participle of marry.
married meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
married in Hindi
- in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
- विवाहित vivāhit, विवाहिता vivāhitā, शादीशुदा śādīśudā
- in a state of marriage; having a husband
- विवाहिता vivāhitā
- in a state of marriage; having a wife
- विवाहित vivāhit
married in Tamil
- திருமணமானவர், திருமணம் ஆகிவிட்டது
married in Marathi
- विवाहित, लग्न झाले, लग्न केले
married in Urdu
- in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband
- شادی شُدَہ śādī śuda
More languagesFewer languages
- married in Bengali
- বিবাহিত bibahito
- married in Telugu
- పెళ్ళైన peḷḷaina
- married in Malayalam
- വിവാഹിതൻ, കല്യാണം കഴിച്ചു, വിവാഹം കഴിച്ചു
- married in Kannada
- ವಿವಾಹವಾದರು, ಮದುವೆಯಾಯಿತು, ಮದುವೆಯಾದರು
- married in Punjabi
- ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ viāhiā hoiā, ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਵਰਿਆ viāhiā variā
- married in Gujarati
- પરણેલા, પરિણીત
- married in Odia
- ବିବାହିତ, ବିବାହ କଲେ, ବିବାହିତା
- married in Nepali
- विवाहित, विवाह गरे
- married in Tagalog
- kasal
- married in Arabic
- مُتَزَوِّج mutazawwij, مُتَأَهِّل mutaʔahhil, مُتَزَوِّجَة mutazawwija
- married in Thai
- แต่งงาน dtɛ̀ng-ngaan, สมรส sǒm-rót
- married in Vietnamese
- kết hôn, thành lập gia đình, cưới, có vợ
- married in Myanmar
- အို ui
Examples of married in a sentence
- They were to have been married overseas but COVID forced a change of plans.
- Suppose that Mr and Mrs X have been married for many years.
- Do you think I'll get married before I turn 30? – Who knows, you might never marry.
Synonyms of married
Antonyms
Forms of married
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | marryed |
| Noun | |
| plural | marrieds |
Origin of married
From Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry + -ed.
Words formed from married
Phrases with married
- married in
- married up
- gay married
- got married
- married off
- married out
- gets married
- married into
- married money
- married names
- gotten married
- getting married
30 more phrasesFewer phrases
- married couples
- married sectors
- married the ketchup
- married the ketchups
- argue like a married couple
- fight like a married couple
- married over the broomstick
- argued like a married couple
- argues like a married couple
- bicker like a married couple
- fights like a married couple
- fought like a married couple
- arguing like a married couple
- bickers like a married couple
- married the gunner's daughter
- bickered like a married couple
- fighting like a married couple
- bickering like a married couple
- argue like an old married couple
- fight like an old married couple
- argued like an old married couple
- argues like an old married couple
- bicker like an old married couple
- fights like an old married couple
- fought like an old married couple
- arguing like an old married couple
- bickers like an old married couple
- bickered like an old married couple
- fighting like an old married couple
- bickering like an old married couple
Questions about married
- What does married mean?
- Married means in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
- What is married in Hindi?
- Married in Hindi is विवाहित (vivāhit), विवाहिता (vivāhitā), शादीशुदा (śādīśudā). See Married meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is married?
- Married can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce married?
- Married is pronounced /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/ (UK).
Words near married in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: married (page history and authors); married (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); married (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); married (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); married (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); married (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); married (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); married (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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