The meaning of ARMED is furnished with weapons; also : using or involving a weapon. How to use armed in a sentence.

armed adjective [not gradable] (HAVING WHAT IS NEEDED) If you are armed with something, you know or have access to something that can be useful to you:

I'll give them armed force... Armed with her notes, she emerged from the library. The palace contains no moat, or armed guards, nor do I detect any sophisticated security system. He was …

Definition of armed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun. City police said the man was armed with a revolver. ...a barbed-wire fence patrolled by armed guards.

Apr 13, 2025 · armed (comparative more armed, superlative most armed) (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon. nuclear-armed (of a person, specifically) …

There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective armed, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

to (cause to) be equipped with weapons: [no object] The country is arming for war. [~ + oneself] The rebels armed themselves. [~ + object] They armed their troops.

1. involving the use of weapons: armed conflict. 2. maintained by arms: armed peace. 3. equipped: The students came armed with their pocket calculators. 4. fortified; made secure: …

Armed definition: having a specified number or kind of arms (often used in combination): a weak-armed quarterback.. See examples of ARMED used in a sentence.