marital status

noun

: the state of being married or not married

—used on official forms to ask if a person is married, single, divorced, or widowed

Please enter your marital status.

Examples of marital status in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The ideological fertility gap remained even after controlling for other variables that may influence family size, such as religion, race, income, age, marital status, and education. — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

According to party rules, officials, especially those who hold leadership positions, are required to declare a change in marital status, so they’re flagged for oversight and potentially monitored for any links to corruption. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Federal Income Taxes – Withheld from employee pay based on employees’ taxable wages and information (marital status, dependents, and adjustments) on their W-4 forms. — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Only a handful of states, including Massachusetts and Hawaii, have barred marital status as a rating factor. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for marital status

• apparatus
• superlattice
• beatus
• flatus
• gratis
• lattice
• rattus
• satis
• stratus