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

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

Creditors generally evaluate your current ability to repay rather than your marital status, so a significant drop in income or increase in expenses may strengthen your case for negotiating your debt. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026

Elsewhere in the conversation, Winfrey shared her gratitude for the mentors who helped her along her climb to success, especially in the early days of her career, when there was great scrutiny of her appearance and her marital status. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Rhymes for marital status

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• superlattice
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• lattice
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• satis
• stratus