What does married mean?

Definitions for married
ˈmær idmar·ried

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. marriedadjective

    a person who is married

    "we invited several young marrieds"

  2. marriedadjective

    joined in matrimony

    "a married man"; "a married couple"

  3. marital, matrimonial, marriedadjective

    of or relating to the state of marriage

    "marital status"; "marital fidelity"; "married bliss"

GCIDE

  1. Marriedadjective

    Wedded to each other; as, a married couple; John and Joan are no longer married; -- of two people.

Wiktionary

  1. marriednoun

    A married person.

  2. marriedadjective

    In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

  3. marriedadjective

    Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse: married to one's work.

  4. Etymology: marry + -ed

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Marriedadjective

    Conjugal; connubial.

    Etymology: from marry.

    Thus have you shun’d the marry’d state. Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. married

    Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It is nearly a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. Typically, it is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. A marriage ceremony is called a wedding. Individuals may marry for several reasons, including legal, social, libidinal, emotional, financial, spiritual, and religious purposes. Whom they marry may be influenced by gender, socially determined rules of incest, prescriptive marriage rules, parental choice, and individual desire. In some areas of the world, arranged marriage, child marriage, polygamy, and forced marriage are practiced. In other areas, such practices are outlawed to preserve women's rights or children's rights (both female and male) or as a result of international law. In some parts of the world, marriage has historically restricted the rights of women, who are (or were) considered the property of the husband. Around the world, primarily in developed democracies, there has been a general trend towards ensuring equal rights for women within marriage (including abolishing coverture, liberalizing divorce laws, and reforming reproductive and sexual rights) and legally recognizing the marriages of interfaith, interracial/interethnic/inter-caste, and same-sex couples. Controversies continue regarding the legal status of married women, leniency towards violence within marriage, customs such as dowry and bride price, forced marriage, marriageable age, and criminalization of premarital and extramarital sex. Female age at marriage has proven to be a strong indicator for female autonomy and is continuously used by economic history research.Marriage can be recognized by a state, an organization, a religious authority, a tribal group, a local community, or peers. It is often viewed as a contract. A religious marriage is performed by a religious institution to recognize and create the rights and obligations intrinsic to matrimony in that religion. Religious marriage is known variously as sacramental marriage in Catholicism, nikah in Islam, nissuin in Judaism, and various other names in other faith traditions, each with their own constraints as to what constitutes, and who can enter into, a valid religious marriage.

ChatGPT

  1. married

    Married generally refers to the legal and social union between two individuals, typically a man and a woman, who have entered into a contract recognized by the state or other governing authority. It involves a commitment to sharing a domestic life, emotional support, financial responsibilities, and legal rights and obligations. Marriage is often based on love, partnership, and mutual consent, and is typically intended to be a lifelong commitment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Married

    of Marry

Wikidata

  1. Married

    Married is a BBC radio comedy with science fiction themes, first aired on BBC Radio 4. The main character is Robin Lightfoot, a confirmed bachelor with a successful architectural practice, who wakes up one day in a parallel universe in which he is married with two children. Unfortunately his counterpart in the parallel universe, who has evidently been swapped into our universe, is a cad, a womanizer, a swindler and possibly a murderer. Only the younger of the two children, Ned, believes Robin's story, largely because he reads about parallel universes in comic books. Apart from his previously unknown wife Leslie, and the children Maxine and Ned, Robin finds the new universe populated by people he already knows, but who are different. His former business partner Dirk is still his partner in this universe, but the business is writing greeting card messages, and Dirk, who is married in our universe, is an unmarried sexual addict in the alternate one. The ruling monarch is a King John, son of King Richard who dies during the first series. Richard was apparently the son of Edward VIII who got cold feet at the last minute when about to abdicate. King John, however, is openly gay so the prospects for an immediate heir are not good. While as Prince John he was known as an adventurer, setting records for ballooning, soon after his coronation he abandons the Royal spouse in favour of his gay lover, who was also his partner in his adventures.

Editors Contribution

  1. married

    Together and united in marriage.

    They were married on the day they chose and spent a beautiful, peaceful, calm, loving, fun and united day with family, friends and colleagues..


    Submitted by MaryC on March 22, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'married' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2032

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'married' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1434

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'married' in Adjectives Frequency: #252

Anagrams for married »

  1. admirer

  2. mardier

  3. madrier

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of married in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of married in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of married in a Sentence

  1. Ashley Smith:

    Daphne Goujon said.  (Elina Shirazi) It was just about having our own wedding and our own story, something to tell our kids and our grandkids that during this really bizarre time we did something really cool, Chris Goujon added. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Washington, D.C. couple Blake and Ashley Smith decided to have a small ceremony. While they didnt go virtual, the couple says they are planning to hold the full wedding in August. The Smiths said that even though they did not plan on a virtual wedding, they don’t think it’s a bad idea for other couples who don’t want to postpone the date. (Chelsea Photography) The Smiths walk down the aisle in the presence of a few family members. They say they are grateful for the small ceremony they had and plan on having the real thing in a few months. (Chelsea Photography) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS We were monitoring the news very closely. Just one week prior to our planned wedding date of March 22, the CDC recommended that gatherings of 50 or more be canceled or rescheduled, our wedding had 252 confirmed attendees, even after cancellations. The weight of the global pandemic began to weigh on our hearts and the health of our guests became a huge concern. On the Monday before our wedding, we postponed until August 23. We could not truly celebrate with the possibility of putting the health of our closest friends and family in danger. The silver lining is that we decided that we wanted to still get married. My mother is an ordained minister and performed our wedding ceremony. My father built the backdrop.

  2. Cindy Jarrin:

    I think it helped down the road that I was an outlet that did n’t know him, for Maggie to talk about her feelings and her situations after she was married, i was there to lend an ear.

  3. Mila Kunis:

    I was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine in 1983. I came to America in 1991. I have always considered myself American, a proud American, I love everything that this country has done for myself and my family. But today, I have never been more proud to be a Ukrainian, and I've never been more proud to be married to a Ukrainian.

  4. Ernestine Kabuo:

    I said to Ernestine Kabuo, I can't go alone, we've been married for the best and for the worst, i went back to at least try to get him out but couldn't. I ran away and he got burned inside. I don't know what to do. I curse this day.

  5. Nora Ephron:

    Whenever I get married I start buying Gourmet Magazine.

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