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married

adjective · noun US /ˈmerid/

joined in matrimony

How often you will meet it

Rank 616 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 31,182 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

adjective

  1. joined in matrimony a married mana married couple
  2. of or relating to the state of marriage also: marital, matrimonial marital statusmarital fidelity

noun

  1. a person who is married we invited several young marrieds

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

married in real books

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  • And when they do come to be married, poor lambs!

    Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1

  • Numbers of knights have so left the Order and have married and perpetuated their name.

    A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1

  • Their country-place, Styles Court, had been purchased by Mr. Cavendish early in their married life.

    The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1

  • She was a Honeycutt and she had married one Hawn, and there had been much trouble.

    The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1

  • You never did, the first year after we married, till I went to work like the others.

    Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1

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