Marry - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmærɪ|  American pronunciation of the word marry
Brit.  |ˈmærɪ|  British pronunciation of the word marry

verb

- take in marriage (syn: conjoin, espouse, wed)
- perform a marriage ceremony (syn: splice, tie, wed)

Extra examples

He married his college sweetheart.

I asked her to marry me.

“Will you marry me?” “Yes, I will.”

They married for love, not money.

The minister has married more than 100 couples.

They hope to have a priest marry them.

They were married by a justice of the peace.

I've still got a couple of daughters to marry.

Scattered groups of soldiers tried to marry up with each other after the army's defeat.

He seemed to be married to his hobby.

He married Bea in 1925.

I'm going to ask her to marry me on St Valentine's Day.

She married young (=at a young age).

People in higher social classes are more likely to marry late (=when they are older than is usual).

Sophia had, in a sense, married beneath her (=married someone of a lower social class than her).

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: marry
he/she/it: marries
present participle: marrying
past tense: married
past participle: married
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