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

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

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:

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.

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 by an innate …

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.

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 armed but hadn't …

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.

Jan 14, 2026 · Adjective armed (comparative more armed, superlative most armed) (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.

If you're armed, you are carrying some kind of weapon. Armed soldiers are most commonly supplied with guns. In the United States, police officers are almost always armed, while British police usually …