married

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /mæriːd/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

Positive married

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. A man and a woman are married if they are husband and wife to each other. Usually when two people are married they live in the same house and they often have children. Two people have a special day to become married.

   I don't need to meet more young men—I'm already married.

2. If two things are married they have been made into one thing.

   Music and television are married in music videos.

Verb

Plain form marry

Third-person singular marries

Past tense married

Past participle married

Present participle marrying

1. The past and past participle of marry.

Related words

• marry
• marriage
• wed
• wedding