married

Having a husband or wife.

• They are married.
• Are you married?
• We have been married for ten years.

How to use it: be married to someone (She is married to a teacher.)

Similar words: wed

Opposites: single, unmarried

Common phrases: married couple, get married, married to someone

So strongly attached to an activity or idea that it is difficult to change or leave it.

• She is married to her job.
• We're not married to this plan.
• He seems married to the idea of working alone.

How to use it: be married to something (He is married to his work.)

Similar words: devoted, committed, attached

Common phrases: married to work, married to something

Combined closely so that two things work as one.

• Music and images are married together.
• Old ideas are married to new methods.
• In this building, beauty and practical design are married.

How to use it: be married to something (Traditional design is married to modern technology.)

Similar words: combined, joined, united

Opposites: separate

Common phrases: married together, married to something