married

verheiratet

Einen Ehemann oder eine Ehefrau habend.

In einfachem Englisch: Having a husband or wife.

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

So benutzt man es: be married to someone (She is married to a teacher.)

Synonyme: wed

Gegenteile: single, unmarried

Häufige Wendungen: married couple, get married, married to someone

verschrieben, verpflichtet

Einer Tätigkeit oder Idee so stark verbunden, dass ein Wechsel oder Abschied schwerfällt.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: be married to something (He is married to his work.)

Synonyme: devoted, committed, attached

Häufige Wendungen: married to work, married to something

verbunden, vereint

So eng miteinander verbunden, dass zwei Dinge als Einheit funktionieren.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: be married to something (Traditional design is married to modern technology.)

Synonyme: combined, joined, united

Gegenteile: separate

Häufige Wendungen: married together, married to something