marry

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marry

The minister will marry the couple in the garden.

Definition

  1. Verb (transitive):

    • To become the husband or wife of someone in a legal or religious ceremony: To enter into the formal union of marriage with another person.
    • To perform the ceremony of marriage for two people: To officiate at a wedding.
    • To join or unite closely: To combine or link two things in a harmonious or permanent way.

  2. Verb (intransitive):

    • To enter the state of marriage: To take a husband or wife.
Examples of Usage

  • Verb (transitive):

    • She plans to marry her childhood sweetheart next spring.
    • The priest will marry the couple in the village chapel.
    • The design marries traditional craftsmanship with modern technology.

  • Verb (intransitive):

    • They fell in love and decided to marry.
    • He married late in life.
Advanced Usage

  • "to marry into (a family)": to become a member of a family by marriage.

    • She married into a very wealthy family.

  • "to marry off": to find a husband or wife for someone, especially one's child (often used in a somewhat dismissive sense).

    • In the story, the king was desperate to marry off his daughter.
Variants and Related Words

  • Marriage (n): the formal union of two people as partners in a personal relationship.

    • Their marriage has lasted for fifty years.

  • Married (adj): having a husband or wife.

    • She is happily married.

  • Remarry (v): to marry again.

    • After his divorce, he did not wish to remarry.
Synonyms
  • Wed: to marry (more formal or literary).
  • Espouse: to marry (formal) or to adopt or support a cause, idea, or belief.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Marry up (with): to link or connect things so they correspond or work together.
    • We need to marry up the data from the two different surveys.
Related Idioms

  • "Marry in haste, repent at leisure": A proverb meaning that if you get married too quickly, you will have a long time to regret it.

    • My grandmother always warned me not to marry in haste.

  • "Marry money": to marry a rich person.

    • He was accused of marrying money rather than for love.
marry

The minister will marry the couple in the garden.

Verb
  1. perform a marriage ceremony
    • The minister married us on Saturday
    • We were wed the following week
    • The couple got spliced on Hawaii
  2. take in marriage

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