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mar·ried

(măr′ēd)

adj.

a. Having a spouse: a married woman; a married man.

b. United in matrimony: a married couple.

a. Of or relating to the state of marriage: married bliss.

b. Acquired through marriage: her married name.

3. Closely connected; united.

n. pl. marrieds or married

A married person: young marrieds.

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married

(ˈmærɪd)

adj

1. having a husband or wife

2. joined in marriage: a married couple.

3. of or involving marriage or married persons

4. closely or intimately united

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

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mar•ried

(ˈmær id)

adj.

1. united in marriage.

2. of or pertaining to marriage or married persons.

3. joined; united.

4. Usu., marrieds. married people.

[1325–75]

married

benedick, benedict - A long-time bachelor who is newly married is a benedick or benedict.
quadrigamist - Someone who has married four times.
connubial - A synonym for "married, wedded."
matrimony - From Latin matrimonium, "state of being married," from mater, "mother," and monium, "-mony" (state, condition).

married

– marry

1. 'married to'

If you are married to someone, they are your husband or wife.

Her daughter was married to a Frenchman.

2. 'marry'

When you marry someone, you become their husband or wife during a special ceremony.

I wanted to marry him.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'to' after marry. Don't say 'I wanted to marry to him'.

3. 'get married'

Marry is not usually used without an object. Don't say, for example, that a person 'marries' or that two people 'marry'. Say that they get married.

Lisa and Kunal are getting married next month.

My parents want me to get married and settle down.

Marry is sometimes used without an object, but this is a literary or old-fashioned use.

Jane swore that she would never marry.

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Noun	1.	married - a person who is married; "we invited several young marrieds" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Adj.	1.	married - joined in matrimony; "a married man"; "a married couple" mated - mated sexually unmarried, single - not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
	2.	married - of or relating to the state of marriage; "marital status"; "marital fidelity"; "married bliss" marital, matrimonial

married

adjective

1. wedded, one, united, joined, wed, hitched (slang), spliced (informal) We have been married for 14 years.

2. marital, wifely, husbandly, nuptial, matrimonial, conjugal, spousal, connubial the first ten years of married life

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married

adjective

Of, relating to, or typical of marriage:

conjugal, connubial, hymeneal, marital, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded.

Translations

مُتَزَوِجٌمُتَزَوِّج، متزوِّجَه

ženatývdaná

gift

naimisissa oleva

oženjen

férjesházasnős

giftur

sposato coniugato accasato

結婚している

기혼의

nuptauxorátus

vydatáženatý

poročenporočiti se

gift

ได้แต่งงานแล้ว

evli

đã kết hôn

已婚的已结婚的

married

[ˈmærɪd]

A. ADJ [person] → casado; [love] → conyugal
married man → (hombre m) casado m
married woman → (mujer f) casada f
married couple → matrimonio m
married life → vida f matrimonial
the married state → el estado matrimonial
twice-married → casado por segunda vez or en segundas nupcias
"just married" → recién casados

B. CPD married name N → nombre m de casada
married quarters N (Mil) → casa fsing cuartel, residencia fsing para matrimonios

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married

[ˈmærid] adj [man, woman, couple] → marié(e)
They are not married → Ils ne sont pas mariés.
They have been married for 15 years → Ils sont mariés depuis quinze ans.
a married couple → un couple marié
a married man → un homme marié
to be married to sb → être marié(e) à qn
to get married → se marier
My sister's getting married in June → Ma sœur se marie en juin.married life n → vie f conjugalemarried name n → nom m de femme mariée

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married

adj man, woman → verheiratet (to sb mit jdm); just or newly married → frisch vermählt; married couple → Ehepaar nt; married life → das Eheleben; he/she is a married man/woman → er/sie ist verheiratet

married

married name

n → Ehename m

married quarters

pl → Unterkünfte pl → für Eheleute

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married

[ˈmærɪd] adj (person) → sposato/a; (life, love) → coniugale, matrimoniale; (name) → da sposata

marry

(ˈmӕri) verb

1. to take (a person) as one's husband or wife. John married my sister; They married in church.

2. (of a clergyman etc) to perform the ceremony of marriage between (two people). The priest married them.

3. to give (a son or daughter) as a husband or wife. He married his son to a rich woman.

ˈmarried adjective

She has two married daughters.

married

→ مُتَزَوِجٌ ženatý gift verheiratet παντρεμένος casado naimisissa oleva marié oženjen coniugato 結婚している 기혼의 getrouwd gift żonaty casado женатый gift ได้แต่งงานแล้ว evli đã kết hôn 已婚的

married

a. casado-a;

___ couple → matrimonio;

___ life → vida conyugal, vida matrimonial.

I'm married → أَنا مُتَزَوِّجٌ → Jsem ženatý → Jeg er gift → Ich bin verheiratet → Είμαι παντρεμένος → Estoy casado → Olen naimisissa → Je suis marié → Ja sam oženjen → Sono sposato → 私は結婚しています → 결혼했어요 → Ik ben getrouwd → Jeg er gift → Jestem żonaty → Eu sou casado → Я женат → Jag är gift → Evliyim → Tôi đã lập gia đình → 我已结婚

married

adj casado; Are you married?..¿Está casado?

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"Then it is as I always hoped," cried Jane; "they are married!"

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I can't see myself going away with a man that I wasn't married to.

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In the first place, you have never been married, I have.

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John Durbeyfield, too, hev had a daughter married this week to a gentleman-farmer; not from John's own house, you know; they was married elsewhere; the gentleman being of that high standing that John's own folk was not considered well-be-doing enough to have any part in it, the bridegroom seeming not to know how't have been discovered that John is a old and ancient nobleman himself by blood, with family skillentons in their own vaults to this day, but done out of his property in the time o' the Romans.

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With this, the doctor laughed; but he didn't laugh half as much as a married friend of Mrs Kenwigs's, who had just come in from the sick chamber to report progress, and take a small sip of brandy-and- water: and who seemed to consider it one of the best jokes ever launched upon society.

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How they were married is not of the slightest consequence to anybody.

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Everything from the table napkins to the silver, china, and glass bore that imprint of newness found in the households of the newly married. Halfway through supper Prince Andrew leaned his elbows on the table and, with a look of nervous agitation such as Pierre had never before seen on his face, began to talk- as one who has long had something on his mind and suddenly determines to speak out.

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He's always been crazy about you -- and now father has given him the upper farm in his own name and there's nothing to prevent him from getting married. But he's so shy he couldn't ask you himself if you'd have him, so he got me to do it.

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The married couple ought also to regard the precepts of physicians and naturalists, each of whom have treated on these [1335b] subjects.

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She was step-daughter to Lord Grinsell: he married Mrs.

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They agreed to be married that winter, but Georgina couldn't set the day exactly because her brother, who lived in Ontario, was coming home for a visit, and she wanted to be married while he was home.

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But he was now married; and she condemned her heart for the lurking flattery, which so much heightened the pain of the intelligence.