mar·ried

[mar-eed]
adjective
1.
united in wedlock; wedded: married couples.
2.
of or pertaining to marriage or married persons; connubial; conjugal: married happiness.
3.
(of an antique) created from components of two or more authentic pieces.
4.
interconnected or joined; united.
5.
(of a family name) acquired through marriage.
noun
6.
Usually, marrieds. married couples or married people: young marrieds moving into their first home.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see marry1, -ed2

mar·ried·ly, adverb
un·mar·ried, adjective, noun
well-mar·ried, adjective
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married (ˈmærɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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
 
n
5.  (usually plural) a married person (esp in the phrase young marrieds)

unmarried (ʌnˈmærɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  not married: an unmarried mother
2.  films denoting a print of a cinematograph film in which the picture and sound recordings are on separate reels

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unmarried
c.1300, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of marry.
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