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married

married

1.0
Having a husband or wife
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛrɪd/
translation icon : casado
  • And oh by the way, you're married, right?
  • get married
  • married women
  • married couples

So we've been, we've been married for three years.

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Examples

Synonyms

wedded
vsmarried
  • Formal
1 2.4

Married to each other

is the neutral everyday term rather than formal or ceremonial
mated
vsmarried
4.1

Having a partner for life or to have young

is specifically about the legal husband or wife relationship, not general pairing

Antonyms

96 1.8

A person who is not married or in a romantic relationship

68 1.0

Not having a husband or wife

Compounds

102 1.0

A man who has a wife

Two people who are married to each other

A person who has a husband or wife

How Committed

married
1.0
engaged
1.4
partner
878 1.1
dating
357 1.6
single
733 1.0

Surface Forms

married positive

Morphology

married = marry (transparent) = marry + ed

This is the regular past participle/adjectival form of 'marry', with a predictable spelling change from y to i before -ed.

Etymology

The adjective married comes from the Latin maritus 'husband' and the same root gives us marriage, so to be married is to have a husband or wife.