marry
1 of 2verb
mar·ry ˈmer-ē 
ˈma-rē
married; marrying
transitive verb
1
a
: to join in marriage according to law or custom
b
: to give in marriage
married his daughter to his partner's son
c
: to take as spouse : wed
married the girl next door
d
: to perform the ceremony of marriage for
a priest will marry them
e
: to obtain by marriage
marry wealth
2
: to unite in close and usually permanent relation
intransitive verb
1
: to take a spouse : wed
He first married at twenty.
2
: combine, unite
seafood marries with other flavors
marry
2 of 2interjection
archaic
—used for emphasis and especially to express amused or surprised agreement
Synonyms
Verb
- wed
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Example Sentences
Verb He married his college sweetheart. I asked her to marry me. “Will you marry me?” “Yes, I will.” They married for love, not money. The minister has married more than 100 couples. They hope to have a priest marry them. They were married by a justice of the peace. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Cnn Staff, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 So here marches in Jason Lannister to smoothly ask Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen—now 17 in the show—to marry him and come live at Casterly Rock, a large boring castle atop a big cliff. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 4 Sep. 2022 So Viserys, newly a widower, has a problem: Either marry again and keep trying for a son or else name brother Daemon (Matt Smith) as successor. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2022 One of Anne Shirley’s key friendships is with Diana Barry (Michelle Veintimilla), whose aspirations to have a career are derailed by her mother’s insistence to marry and raise a family. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2022 The church decided whom its followers would marry and sent thousands of them — mostly women — abroad to become the spouses of church members. Ben Dooley, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022 The church decided whom its followers would marry and sent thousands of them — mostly women — abroad to become the spouses of church members. New York Times, 23 July 2022 But her granddaughter is single, and has no children and may never marry or have kids. Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 11 July 2022 The two would go on to marry and have two sons, at least one of whom has dual Russian and American citizenship. Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 4 July 2022 See More
Verb
Anne and Phillips divorced in 1992, and the Princess Royal went on to marry Royal Navy officer and equerry to the Queen, Timothy Laurence, that same year. Cnn Staff, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 So here marches in Jason Lannister to smoothly ask Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen—now 17 in the show—to marry him and come live at Casterly Rock, a large boring castle atop a big cliff. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 4 Sep. 2022 So Viserys, newly a widower, has a problem: Either marry again and keep trying for a son or else name brother Daemon (Matt Smith) as successor. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2022 One of Anne Shirley’s key friendships is with Diana Barry (Michelle Veintimilla), whose aspirations to have a career are derailed by her mother’s insistence to marry and raise a family. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2022 The church decided whom its followers would marry and sent thousands of them — mostly women — abroad to become the spouses of church members. Ben Dooley, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022 The church decided whom its followers would marry and sent thousands of them — mostly women — abroad to become the spouses of church members. New York Times, 23 July 2022 But her granddaughter is single, and has no children and may never marry or have kids. Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 11 July 2022 The two would go on to marry and have two sons, at least one of whom has dual Russian and American citizenship. Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 4 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English marien, from Anglo-French marier, from Latin maritare, from maritus married
Interjection
Middle English marie, from Marie, the Virgin Mary
First Known Use
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Interjection
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing marry
Kids Definition
marry
verb
mar·ry ˈmer-ē
married; marrying
1
: to take for husband or wife
She married her high school sweetheart.
2
: to become joined in marriage
3
: to join in marriage
They were married by a judge.
4
: to give in marriage
They married off all their children.
marry
verb
1
as in to wed
to perform the ceremony of marriage for they chose a priest who was a family friend to marry them Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- wed
- mate
- connect
- match
- unite
- affiance
- conjoin
2
as in to match
to give in marriage the couple worried about the cost of marrying off five daughters Synonyms & Similar Words
- wed
- match
- commit
- promise
- espouse
- engage
- pledge
- betroth
- affiance
3
as in to remarry
to take as a spouse he married his girlfriend three years ago, and they've been happy ever since Synonyms & Similar Words
- remarry
- wed
- propose
- engage
- promise
- espouse
- betroth
- commit
- affiance
- pledge
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- divorce
- separate (from)
4
as in to mate
to take a spouse she had always believed she would never marry, but fate proved her wrong Synonyms & Similar Words
- wed
- remarry
- mate
- tie the knot
- couple
- pair off
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- separate
- divorce
5
as in to combine
to come together to form a single unit white wine and chicken marry especially well Synonyms & Similar Words
- combine
- unite
- connect
- join
- fuse
- couple
- unify
- coalesce
- mate
- associate
- conjugate
- conjoin
- interfuse
- reunite
- meet
- rejoin
- confederate
- link (up)
- yoke
- league
- compound
- reconnect
- congregate
- convene
- ally
- assemble
- splice
- chain
- hitch
- recombine
- reunify
- hook
- cluster
- gather
- constellate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- split
- separate
- section
- divorce
- sever
- break up
- divide
- resolve
- part
- isolate
- dissociate
- detach
- disconnect
- sunder
- uncouple
- dissever
- fractionate
- unlink
- disperse
- disband
- disunite
- scatter
- disaffiliate
- disjoin
- unyoke
- disjoint