marry
[verb]
Synonyms:
- wed, get hitched (slang), tie the knot (informal)
- unite, ally, bond, join, knit, link, merge, unify, yoke

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Contrasted words: annul, divorce, separate
Related Idioms: get hitched, get married, tie the knot, unite in marriage
Related Words: wive

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mar‧ry S1 W2 /ˈmæri/ verb (past tense and past participle married, present participle marrying, third person singular marries)
[Word Family: verb: marry, remarry; noun: marriage, remarriage; adjective: married ≠ unmarried, marriageable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: French; Origin: marier, from Latin maritare, from maritus 'husband']

1. [intransitive and transitive] if you marry someone, you become their husband or wife ⇒ married:
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).

REGISTER
In everyday English, rather than saying that two people marry, people usually say that they get married.
My parents got married in 1986.

2. [transitive] to perform the ceremony at which two people get married:
The priest who married us was really nice.

3. [transitive] to find a husband or wife for one of your children
marry somebody to somebody
She was determined to marry all of her daughters to rich men.

4. [transitive] (also marry up) formal to combine two different ideas, designs, tastes etc together
marry something with/to something
The building’s design marries a traditional style with modern materials.
marry something and something
He writes fiction that marries up realism and the supernatural.

5. not the marrying kind not the type of person who wants to get married:
I’m just not the marrying kind.
marry into something phrasal verb
to join a family or social group by marrying someone who belongs to it:
She married into a very wealthy family.
marry somebody ↔ off phrasal verb
to find a husband or wife for someone – used in order to show disapproval
marry somebody ↔ off to
They married her off to the first young man who came along.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

marry
verb
VERB + MARRY hope to, want to I don't want to marry Robert.
agree to, promise to He promised to marry her when he returned.
be going to, plan to Matt told me he was going to marry again. They plan to marry next year.
forbid sb to Duty forbade them to marry.
ask sb to He asked me to marry him but I said no.
PREP. for He married her for love, not for money.
into the difficulties of marrying into the royal family
PHRASES get married They are hoping to get married next year.
marry late/young People are marrying later these days.
not be the marrying kind (= not be the kind of person who wants to get married)

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

marry
verb
BAD: He's going to ask her to marry with him.
GOOD: He's going to ask her to marry him.
BAD: His daughter is expected to marry to a viscount.
GOOD: His daughter is expected to marry a viscount.
BAD: After they get marry, they're going abroad.
GOOD: After they get married, they're going abroad.

Usage Note:
marry sb (WITHOUT with/to ): 'Isn't he the man who married Elizabeth Taylor?'
get married (to sb ): 'I can still remember the day I got married. United were playing at Wembley.'

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