married

American  

[mar-eed] / ˈmær id /

adjective

1. united in wedlock; wedded.

   married couples.

2. of or relating to marriage or married persons; connubial; conjugal.

   married happiness.

3. (of an antique) created from components of two or more authentic pieces.

4. interconnected or joined; united.

5. (of a family name) acquired through marriage.

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noun

1. Usually marrieds. married couples or married people.

   young marrieds moving into their first home.

married British  

/ ˈmærɪd /

adjective

1. having a husband or wife

2. joined in marriage

   a married couple

3. of or involving marriage or married persons

4. closely or intimately united

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noun

1. (usually plural) a married person (esp in the phrase young marrieds )

Other Word Forms

• marriedly adverb
• unmarried adjective
• well-married adjective

Etymology

Origin of married

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; marry ¹, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Vanessa Trump has five children with Donald Trump, Jr., to whom she was married from 2005 to 2018.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

The spouses married in June after two years of dating.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

She suggests they get married; he says it makes no difference to him either way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Magyar joined the party after Orban's election defeat, and the woman he married, Judit Varga, was destined for Fidesz success, becoming justice minister in 2019, nine years after Orban's return to office.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

But now these, too, had grown up and married or gone off to work, and so I laid three plates on the table.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom