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to marry

to marry

1.0
To become someone's husband or wife in a ceremony
  • verb
  • /ˈmɛri/
translation icon : casarse (con)
  • 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.

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Examples

Synonyms

to get married
vsto marry
1.0

To officially become someone's husband or wife

focuses on the ceremony aspect, including religious rites
to tie the knot
vsto marry
  • Informal
26 3.1

To get married and begin life together as a couple

focuses specifically on legal or religious ceremony, not only partnership
to wed
vsto marry
  • Formal
24 2.8

To marry someone in a ceremony

includes legal or religious ceremonies, not only social formality
1 6.7

To marry someone in a formal wedding ceremony

is limited to becoming a spouse oneself, not arranging another's commitment
to get hitched with
vsto marry
  • Informal
7.3

Marry someone, often in a small informal ceremony

is the more formal or legal expression used in ceremonies and law

Antonyms

522 3.0

To end a marriage officially by a court

481 2.9

To move apart or stop being together

Phrasal Verbs

14 5.1

To arrange for someone, often by their family, to have a husband or wife

How Formal

to take a wife
  • Archaic
5 9.2
to marry
1.0
to get married
1.0
to tie the knot
  • Informal
26 3.1
to get hitched with
  • Informal
7.3

Surface Forms

marry infinitive
married past
married past participle
marrying present participle
marries third person singular

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.