married
adjective /ˈmær.id/
/ˈmer-/ Definition
A2 having a wife or husband: a married couple We've been happily married for five years. Please state whether you are single, cohabiting, married, separated, divorced or widowed. PC Smith was married with two children. So how are you enjoying married life? She had an affair with a married man. The survey reveals that two-thirds of married women earn less than their husbands. So how long have you been married to Nicky?figurative Rachel seems to be married to (= very involved with) her new job at the moment, so we hardly ever see her.Marital status get married A2 to begin a legal relationship with someone as their husband or wife: When are you getting married? Chris and Debbie got married last summer. Jamie's getting married to Laura.Relating to weddings
(Definition of married adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bachelor noun
- common-law adjective
- divorcee noun
- divorcé noun
- estranged adjective
- lone adjective
- Miss noun
- missus noun
- newlywed noun
- not be the marrying kind idiom
- old maid noun
- single adjective (NOT MARRIED)
- spoken for adjective
- trophy wife/girlfriend noun
- unattached adjective (NOT MARRIED)
- unmarried adjective
- war bride noun
- widower noun
- widowhood noun
- wifely adjective
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