marry (A2)
verb
Pronunciation: /ˈmæri/
Definition
To become husband and wife; to join two people in marriage.
Examples
They plan to marry next summer.
The priest will marry the couple.
She married her childhood sweetheart.
How to Use marry
- marry someone (collocation)
- To become husband and wife with a specific person. — "They decided to marry their best friends."
- marry into [family/group] (prepositional phrase)
- To join a family or group by marrying one of its members. — "She married into a large and noisy family."
- marry [someone] to [someone else] (collocation)
- To perform the marriage ceremony joining two people. — "The vicar will marry John to Mary."
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