armed

US /ɑɹmd/ UK /ɑːmd/ See IPA manual

Freq #2405

Meanings

1

adj
Carrying or using weapons.

The bank was robbed by two armed men.
2

adj
Provided or equipped with something useful.

Armed with all the facts, she felt ready for the debate.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms armednessbiarmedcross-armedmulti-armedmultiarmednonarmednuclear-armedone-armedopen-armedtri-armedtriarmedtwo-armed

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Idioms (1)

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armed to the teeth
equipped with a very large number of weapons and ready for conflict

Etymology

From arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# armed

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɑɹmd/
**IPA (UK):** /ɑːmd/
**Frequency rank:** 2405

## Meanings
1. Carrying or using weapons.
2. Provided or equipped with something useful.

## Examples
- The bank was robbed by two armed men.
- Armed with all the facts, she felt ready for the debate.

## Derived Forms
- armedness
- biarmed
- cross-armed
- multi-armed
- multiarmed
- nonarmed
- nuclear-armed
- one-armed
- open-armed
- tri-armed
- triarmed
- two-armed

## Etymology
From arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed.

## AI Etymology
Armed is from arm (“the upper limb of the body”) plus -ed. The -ed ending gives the form participial force, so the adjective describes something marked by, affected by, or supplied with arm (“the upper limb of the body”). In use as an adjective, armed denotes carrying or using weapons and provided or equipped with something useful. The same word family continues in derived forms such as armedness, biarmed, cross-armed, and multi-armed.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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