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:

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.

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.

2 days ago · armed (comparative more armed, superlative most armed) (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.

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

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 …

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Armed generally refers to being equipped or furnished with weapons, especially firearms. It can also refer to being prepared or equipped with whatever is needed for action, confrontation, or protection.

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.