armed A2 Topic:War & Conflict 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 Common collocations armed police Adjective + noun heavily armed Adverb + adjective formidably armed Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details From arm (“the upper limb of the body”) + -ed. Topics War & Conflict External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - War & Conflict markdown