married
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/ˈmæɹ.ɪd/
English
Definitions
noun
- A married person.
adjective
- In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
- Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse“married to one's work.”
verb
- To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.“Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.”
- (in passive) To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.“His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.”
- To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.“He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.”
- To take as husband or wife.“In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.”
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autemwedweddedmaritalmatrimonialunitedmatedringedjoinedspousalconjugalwedlockmatrimonymarriagenewlywedsspouseremarried