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

Dec 14, 2025 · armed (comparative more armed, superlative most armed) (sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.

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 armed but hadn't …

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.

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 …