married

UK: /ˈmærid/ US: /ˈmærid/ ,(mar′ēd)

From the verb marry: (⇒ conjugate)

married is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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mar•ried /ˈmærid/   adj. 

1. united in marriage:
   a happily married couple.
2. of or relating to marriage or married persons:
   [before a noun] Married life isn't easy.

n. [countable]
3. Usually, marrieds. [plural] married people.

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mar•ried  (mar′ēd), adj. 

1. united in wedlock;
   wedded:
   married couples.
2. of or pertaining to marriage or married persons;
   connubial;
   conjugal:
   married happiness.
3. Furniture (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.

n. 

6. Usually, marrieds. married couples or married people:
   young marrieds moving into their first home.

• 1325–75; Middle English; see marry¹, -ed²

mar′ried•ly, adv. 

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married / ˈmærɪd/ adjective

1. having a husband or wife
2. joined in marriage
3. of or involving marriage or married persons
4. closely or intimately united

noun

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

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mar•ry¹ /ˈmæri/   v., -ried, -ry•ing. 

1. to take (someone) as a husband or wife:
   [~ + object] He married her when he was eighteen.
2. to take a husband or wife;
   wed:
   [no object] In some countries girls can marry when they are fourteen.
3. to perform the marriage ceremony for (a couple):
   [~ + object] The priest married them in the old church.
4. to arrange the marriage of: [~ + object]
   He wanted to marry his daughter into a rich family.
   [~ + off + object]
   They married off all their children.
   [~ + object + off]
   married them off quickly.
5. to gain through marriage: [~ + object]
   to marry money.
   [no object]
   to marry into money.
6. to join or unite closely: [~ + object]
   marrying the two disciplines of study.
   [no object]
   This wine and cheese marry well.

Related Words

marry is a verb, marriage is a noun, married is an adjective:
She wants to marry you. They had a difficult marriage. A married man can't have another wife in this culture.

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mar•ry¹  (mar′ē), v., -ried, -ry•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to take as a husband or wife;
   take in marriage:
   Susan married Ed.
2. to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people who wish to be husband and wife);
   join in wedlock:
   The minister married Susan and Ed.
3. to give in marriage;
   arrange the marriage of (often fol. by off):
   Her father wants to marry her to his friend's son. They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home.
4. to unite intimately:
   Common economic interests marry the two countries.
5. to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony.
6. to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable:
   The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features. A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations.
7. [Naut.]
   • to lay together (the unlaid strands of two ropes) to be spliced.
   • to seize (two ropes) together end to end for use as a single line.
   • to seize (parallel ropes) together at intervals.
8. Food to cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients:
   to marry malt whiskey with grain whiskey.

v.i. 

9. to take a husband or wife;
   wed.
10. Wine, Food (of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably;
    blend:
    This wine and the strong cheese just don't marry.

• Latin marītāre to wed, derivative of marītus conjugal, akin to mās male (person)
• Old French marier
• Middle English marien 1250–1300

mar′ri•er, n. 

mar•ry²  (mar′ē), interj. [Archaic.]

1. (used as an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, etc.)

• 1325–75; Middle English; euphemistic variant of Mary (the Virgin)

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marry / ˈmærɪ/ verb ( -ries, -rying, -ried)

1. to take (someone as one's partner) in marriage
2. (transitive) to join or give in marriage
3. to unite closely or intimately
4. (transitive) sometimes followed by up: to fit together or align (two things); join
5. (transitive) to match up (the strands) of unlaid ropes before splicing

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre, from marītus married (man), perhaps from mās male

marry / ˈmærɪ/ interjection

1. an exclamation of surprise, anger, etc

Etymology: 14th Century: euphemistic for the Virgin Mary