married
adjective/ˈmærid/
/ˈmærid/
Word Family
- marry verb
- marriage noun
- married adjective (≠ unmarried)
- having a husband or wife
- a married man/woman
- Is he married?
- a happily/an unhappily married couple
- married to somebody She's married to John.
- Sam and Chris are getting married on Saturday.
- How long have you been married?
Collocations Marriage and divorceMarriage and divorceRomance- fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly) in love (with somebody)
- be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
- be/find true love/the love of your life
- suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
- have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
- meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have/go on a (blind) date
- be going out with/(especially North American English) dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- get/be engaged/married/divorced
- arrange/plan a wedding
- have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
- have/enter into an arranged marriage
- call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
- invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
- conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
- exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
- congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
- be/go on honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
- be unfaithful to/(informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have an affair (with somebody)
- break off/end an engagement/a relationship
- break up with/split up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend/partner
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife/partner
- annul/dissolve a marriage
- apply for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
- get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
- pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband/partner)
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesa1- We've been married for 25 years.
- The newly married couple left for their honeymoon in Spain.
- The married father of four had been reported missing.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- get
- …
- newly
- recently
- previously
- …
- to
- married with children
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- [only before noun] connected with marriage
- Are you enjoying married life?
- Her married name (= the family name of her husband) is Jones.
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesb1- The officer was stationed at Netley, where he and his wife lived in married quarters (= accommodation).
- The poem is a celebration of married love.
- married to something very involved in something so that you have no time for other activities or interests
- My brother is married to his job.
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