- 1[transitive, intransitive] to become the husband or wife of someone; to get married to someone marry (somebody) She married a Canadian. He was 36 when he married Viv. He never married. I guess I'm not the marrying kind (= the kind of person who wants to get married). + adj. They married young. It is more common to sayThey're getting married next month.thanThey're marrying next month. Topic CollocationsMarriage and Divorceromance
- fall/be (madly/deeply/hopelessly)in love (with somebody)
- be/believe in/fall in love at first sight
- be/find true love/the love of your life
- suffer (from) (the pains/pangs of) unrequited love
- have/feel/show/express great/deep/genuine affection for somebody/something
- meet/marry your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have/go on a (blind)date
- be going out with/dating a guy/girl/boy/man/woman
- move in with/live with your boyfriend/girlfriend
- get/be engaged/married/divorced
- arrange/plan a wedding
- have a big wedding/a honeymoon/a happy marriage
- have/enter into an arranged marriage
- call off/cancel/postpone your wedding
- invite somebody to/go to/attend a wedding/a wedding ceremony/a wedding reception
- conduct/perform a wedding ceremony
- exchange rings/wedding vows/marriage vows
- congratulate/toast/raise a glass to the happy couple
- be/go on your honeymoon (with your wife/husband)
- celebrate your first (wedding) anniversary
- be unfaithful to/ (informal) cheat on your husband/wife/partner/fiancé/fiancée/boyfriend/girlfriend
- have an affair (with somebody)
- break off/end an engagement/a relationship
- break up with/ (informal) dump your boyfriend/girlfriend
- separate from/be separated from/leave/divorce your husband/wife
- annul/dissolve a marriage
- file for/ask for/go through/get a divorce
- get/gain/be awarded/have/lose custody of the children
- pay alimony/child support (to your ex-wife/husband)
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- 2[transitive] marry somebody to perform a ceremony in which a man and woman become husband and wife They were married by a Baptist minister.
- 3[transitive] marry somebody (to somebody) to find a husband or wife for someone, especially your daughter or son
- 4[transitive] marry something and/to/with something (formal) to combine two different things, ideas, etc. successfully synonym unite The music business marries art and commerce. marry verbmarriage nounmarried adjective (≠unmarried)marry verbmarriage nounmarried adjective (≠unmarried)Idioms
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NAmE//ˈmæri//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they marry he / she / it marries
past simple married
-ing form marrying
people who marry quickly, without really getting to know each other, may discover later that they have made a mistake
to marry a rich person Phrasal Verbsmarry intomarry off
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