MARRIED


Meaning of MARRIED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mærid ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you are married , you have a husband or wife.

We have been married for 14 years...

She is married to an Englishman.

...a married man with two children.

ADJ : oft ADJ to n

2.

Married means relating to marriage or to people who are married.

For the first ten years of our married life we lived in a farmhouse.

ADJ : ADJ n

3.

If you say that someone is married to their work or another activity, you mean that they are very involved with it and have little interest in anything else.

She was a very strict Christian who was married to her job...

ADJ : v-link ADJ to n

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