remarry
/'ri:'mæri/
Definition
- Verb:
- To marry again; to enter into a marriage after a previous marriage has ended (through divorce or death of a spouse).
Usage
- The verb "remarry" describes the action of getting married for a second or subsequent time. It is typically used in the context of someone whose previous marriage has legally ended.
- It is an intransitive verb (e.g., ) but can also be used transitively with a direct object (e.g., ).
Examples
- Intransitive usage:
- After a few years of being a widow, she decided to remarry.
- He divorced in 2010 but did not remarry until 2020.
- Transitive usage:
- He remarried his ex-wife five years after their divorce.
- She plans to remarry her former partner next spring.
Advanced Usage
- "To remarry into": To marry again, becoming part of a new family or social group through this marriage.
- After her first husband's death, she remarried into a very wealthy family.
- "To be eligible to remarry": To have the legal right to marry again, often after a divorce is finalized.
- Once the divorce decree is absolute, both parties are free to remarry.
Variants and Related Words
- Remarriage (noun): The act of marrying again or the state of being married again.
- His remarriage brought him great happiness.
- Remarried (adjective): Describing someone who has married again.
- She is a remarried mother of two.
Synonyms
- Marry again: The most direct synonym.
- Wed again: A more formal synonym.
Antonyms
- Divorce: To legally dissolve a marriage.
- Separate: To stop living together as a married couple.
Related Phrases
- "Tie the knot again": An informal idiom meaning to remarry.
- Ten years after their divorce, they decided to tie the knot again.
Verb
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marry, not for the first time
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After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart
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