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adjective

ˈmer-ēd How to pronounce married (audio)
Definition of marriednext
as in marital
of or relating to marriage a sermon on the joys and responsibilities of married love

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verb

past tense of marry
1
as in connected
to perform the ceremony of marriage for they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them

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2
as in committed
to give in marriage the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters

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3
as in remarried
to take as a spouse he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since

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4
as in mated
to take a spouse she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong

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5
as in combined
to come together to form a single unit white wine and chicken marry especially well

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Recent Examples of married
Adjective
Kern Lima, for example, shared that she’s been married for 24 years. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 31 Aug. 2026 Like many married couples, pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce are reportedly facing a few challenges. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 31 Aug. 2026
Verb
The couple got engaged on Bachelor in Paradise season 7 in 2021 and were married at New York City’s City Hall in 2022. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026 Gabby Windey and Robby Hoffman Gabby Windey and Robby Hoffman married two times in 2025. — Mariah Alanskas, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for married
Recent Examples of Synonyms for married
  1. marital
  2. connected
  3. committed
  4. engaged
  5. mated
  6. combined
  7. wedded
  8. matched
Adjective
  • Spouses generally inherit a minimum portion of the estate (usually one-third or two-thirds), though the right can be waived in a valid premarital or post marital agreement.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Their new Netflix true crime docuseries, Death of the Pastor’s Wife, tells a marital horror story ending with the 30-year-old woman’s death.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of marital
Verb
  • Imagine this chain as a string of tiny beads connected together.
    — K. R. Prathyusha, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In Washington Park, the original report that 10 people had been shot in the attack grew to 15 over the course of Sunday morning, as authorities connected the incident to people who had self-transported for medical treatment.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of connected
Verb
  • During his absence, Haiti’s transitional authorities adopted a controversial decree shielding senior government officials accused of malfeasance and other crimes committed while in office from prosecution in the country’s regular courts.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
  • La Palma employs low-energy lighting and air conditioning and is committed to paper reduction using QR codes in the room instead.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of committed
Verb
  • Latonya Marble, the program coordinator, will also plan activities to keep students of all interests engaged.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Not Netflix‘s The Whisper Man, though, which doesn’t need the extra time and sails by in under two hours as a movie in a pulsating pace that keeps us engaged and guessing from beginning to end.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of engaged
Verb
  • For the past eight years, that's when Jackie and Shadow have mated and begun reinforcing their longtime nest.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The handcrafted mill is mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission and makes 621 hp and 664 ft lbs of torque.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of mated
Verb
  • Screenshot The company’s capital expenditures were roughly $2 billion combined in 2024 and 2025, with expectations of $725 million this year.
    — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
  • On the high estimate, Amazon outsells Walmart and Sam's Club combined.
    — Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of combined
Verb
  • Her power of creation and transformation is not wedded to motherhood but her own intelligence and desires.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • In novels such as Thousand Cranes and The Master of Go, Yasunari Kawabata wedded stream-of-consciousness to classical forms of ritual and performance, modeling rapid Japanese westernization through stories that overlay the ancient and the modern.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of wedded
Verb
  • Braun, meanwhile, matched his girlfriend in denim, pairing medium-wash jeans with a white T-shirt.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Semaglutide treatment matched the diet on measures of muscle strength and coordination.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
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“Married.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/married. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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