Learn the Word ‘Married’: Meaning, Usage, and Examples
Explore the definition, history, and proper usage of the word ‘married’. This video covers its meaning as an adjective and verb, provides synonyms and antonyms, and offers example sentences to help you use it correctly in your IELTS exam and everyday conversations.
Imagine receiving an invitation to your best friend’s wedding. The word we are learning today is closely related to this happy occasion.
Our word is married.
Word type: Married is an adjective. It can also be used as a verb in its base form, marry.
Meaning: Married means joined as partners in a relationship recognized by law, where two people agree to live together as a couple, usually for life.
Word history: The word married comes from the Latin word maritare, which means to wed or to marry.
Antonyms:
Some opposites of married are single, unmarried, and divorced.
Synonyms: Words with similar meanings to married include wedded, hitched, and united.
Examples use in sentences: My parents have been happily married for twenty five years. The married couple moved into their new home last week.
John and Sarah got married in a beautiful ceremony by the beach. Common errors in use: A common mistake is confusing the adjective married with the verb marry.
Remember, you say Someone is married, but Someone is going to marry. To sum up, married describes the state of being in a legally recognized partnership.
It is an important word for discussing relationships and family situations in the IELTS test. Practice using this word in your speaking and writing to become more comfortable with it.
