Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense remarries, present participle remarrying, past tense, past participle remarried
verb
If someone remarries, they marry again after they have obtained a divorce from their previous husband or wife, or after their previous husband or wife has died.
Her mother had never remarried. [VERB]
[Also VERB noun]
remarry in British English
(riːˈmærɪ)
verbWord forms: -ries, -rying or -ried
to marry again
Derived forms
remarriage (reˈmarriage)
noun
Examples of 'remarry' in a sentence
remarry
Both her mother and father have since remarried and divorced again.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has remarried since the divorce.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His mother has remarried but her husband 's first wife also died of cancer.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His parents divorced when he was five and his mother remarried.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We want our partnership to last but will we have to get divorced and remarried?
The Sun (2012)
His mother remarried when he was eight and his stepfather ran a family business importing clothes.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The couple divorced and remarried three times.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Her mother remarried an intellectual and their home was a meeting place for writers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She remarried but got divorced last year and now wants us to meet more often.
The Sun (2007)
His parents divorced and each remarried three times.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is said people are more likely to get divorced and remarry than to switch to another bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They divorced in 1960 and her mother remarried.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Within months he and his wife remarried, and he told me my confrontation had stopped him in his tracks.
Christianity Today (2000)
We know that his name must have been important because after he died, his wife remarried but kept his name.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He remarried, became a widower, and remarried again.
Oliver Morton Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet (2007)
In 1975, the couple were divorced but remarried after two years.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Another contentious topic discussed was how to minister to the large number of Catholics with failed first marriages who have divorced and remarried in civil ceremonies.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He used to say to myself and my brother, Your mother has remarried and has another family.
Gifford, Zerbanoo The Golden Thread - Asian experiences of post-Raj Britain (1990)
A total of 23 of the 62 men who divorced ended happily remarried and remained so.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A second report from the institute looked at whether people aged 50 and above were likely to remarry after divorce or the death of their partner.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
remarry
British English: remarry /riːˈmærɪ/ VERB
If someone remarries, they marry again after they have obtained a divorce from their previous husband or wife, or after their previous husband or wife has died.