marry
/ˈmæɹi/ verb A2- To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. · Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
- To enter into marriage with one another. · Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.
- To take as husband or wife. · In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
- To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. · He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.
- To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. · A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.· His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
- To acquire by marriage. · I wanted to marry wealth and power, and got both.
- To join or connect. See also marry up. · There’s a big gap here. These two parts don’t marry properly.· I can’t connect it, because the plug doesn’t marry with the socket.
- To unite; to join together into a close union. · The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.
He/she/it marries · Past married · Past participle married · -ing form marrying
Verb forms
- Base form
- marry
- He/she/it
- marries
- Past
- married
- Past participle
- married
- -ing form
- marrying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“To get married?”
“When one is going to be married, there is nothing like implicit confidence; but never mind that, my boy,—go and announce your arrival, and let her know all your hopes and prospects.”
But you know married women have never much time for writing.
“If your master would marry, you might see more of him.”
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