married

A2 Topic:Family & Relationships

US /ˈmæɹ.id/ UK /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/ See IPA manual

adj noun verb Freq #446

Meanings

1

adj
Having a husband or a wife.

Are you married or single?
2

adj
Relating to the state of being married.

They are enjoying their first year of married life.
3

verb
Past tense and past participle of "marry."

They got married last summer in a small church.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having a husband or a wife. wed wedded

2 adj · relating to the state of... marital

Word family

Derived forms marriedlymarriednessnever-marriednonmarried

Common collocations

a married couple Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry + -ed.

maried Middle English marien Middle English

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Topics

Family & Relationships

# married

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈmæɹ.id
**IPA (UK):** ˈmæɹ.ɪd
**Frequency rank:** 446

## Meanings
1. Having a husband or a wife.
2. Relating to the state of being married.
3. Past tense and past participle of "marry."

## Examples
- Are you married or single?
- They are enjoying their first year of married life.
- They got married last summer in a small church.

## Derived Forms
- marriedly
- marriedness
- never-married
- nonmarried

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: maried
- Root: marien

## Etymology
From Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry + -ed.

## AI Etymology
Married comes from Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry + -ed. In present-day English its meanings include having a husband or a wife, relating to the state of being married, and past tense and past participle of "marry.". The historical chain runs through maried (Middle English) and marien (Middle English). Related and derived forms include marriedly, marriedness, and never-married.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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