to marry
- verb
- /ˈmɛri/
- After dating for several years, they decided to marry in a small church.
- get married
- want to marry
- never marry
She is going to seduce the king, marry him and poison him.
- She is going to seduce the king, marry him and poison him.
- And then she broke up with him, and she married an Italian Lieutenant.
- Yeah, yeah, I married the guy, not the guys.
- In any case, never try to marry a robot or an AI.
- His his mom felt that she had married beneath her.
- And she said he won't marry a girl who can't walk.
- It doesn't mean you're ready to marry each other today.
- I'm going to give them my daughter to marry the head of the Aztecs.
- He debased himself when he married that horrible grifter woman.
Examples
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Aren't you getting married this evening?
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I thought you were asking me to marry you.
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If you want to marry men, will you marry me?
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And you were going to marry this person.
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In your next life, would you marry Steve again?
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A son who wants to marry and needs land.
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So, do you want to get married and have kids?
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- Yeah, young ladies gotta look for more refined gentlemen to marry.
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You're going to get married in a church?
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Why don't you settle down and get married, Walter?
Synonyms
To officially become someone's husband or wife
To get married and begin life together as a couple
To marry someone in a ceremony
To marry someone in a formal wedding ceremony
Marry someone, often in a small informal ceremony
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Formal
- Archaic
- Informal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Marry comes from the Latin word maritus, which means 'husband', and you can see the same root in marriage. It originally meant 'to make someone a husband or wife', so to marry is to join two people as husband and wife.