married

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1) ADJ: oft ADJ to n 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.

2) ADJ: ADJ n 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.

3) ADJ: v-link ADJ to n 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...

I have little time for women because I'm married to my cricket, so I'm leaving the arrangements to my sister.