married A2 Topic:Family & Relationships US /ˈmæɹ.id/ UK /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/ See IPA manual 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. wedwedded 2 adj · relating to the state of... marital Word family Derived forms marriedlymarriednessnever-marriednonmarried Common collocations a married couple Adjective + noun newly married Adverb + adjective respectably married Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details From Middle English maried, imaried, mariet, past participle of Middle English marien (“to marry”), equivalent to marry + -ed. maried Middle English marien Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Family & Relationships External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # married **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** adj, 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 markdown