collocation · formal
marital status
/ˈmærɪtəl steɪtəs/MAR·i·tal STA·tus
Band 5-6task1speaking
A person's legal relationship status (single, married, divorced, widowed).
Examples
“On the form you must state your marital status.”
“Questions about marital status are common in demographic surveys.”
“Her marital status changed when she remarried last year.”
Band 8 sentence
“For statistical accuracy, the census questionnaire asks respondents to indicate their marital status and any recent changes.”
Collocations
- state your marital status
- change marital status
Word family
marital adjectivestatus noun
Common mistakes
marital situation→marital status
married status→marital status
Say it for a higher band
5are you married→6marriage status→7+marital status
Synonyms
marriage status
Easily confused
marriage status
“Applicants must indicate their marriage status on the application form.”
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