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marry
1[mar-ee, mer-ee]
verb (used with object)
to take in marriage.
After being together for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people); join in wedlock.
The minister married Susan and Ed.
to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of (often followed byoff ): They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home.
Her father wants to marry her to his friend's son.
They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home.
to unite intimately.
Common economic interests marry the two countries.
to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony.
to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable: A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations.
The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features.
A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations.
Nautical.
to lay together (the unlaid strands of two ropes) to be spliced.
to seize (two ropes) together end to end for use as a single line.
to seize (parallel ropes) together at intervals.
to cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients.
to marry malt whiskey with grain whiskey.
verb (used without object)
to wed.
(of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably; blend.
This wine and the strong cheese just don't marry.
marry
2[mar-ee]
interjection
(used as an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, etc.)
marry
1/ ˈæɪ /
verb
to take (someone as one's partner) in marriage
(tr) to join or give in marriage
(tr) to acquire (something) by marriage
marry money
to unite closely or intimately
to fit together or align (two things); join
(tr) nautical
to match up (the strands) of unlaid ropes before splicing
to seize (two ropes) together at intervals along their lengths
marry
2/ ˈæɪ /
interjection
archaican exclamation of surprise, anger, etc
Pronunciation Note
Other Word Forms
- marrier noun
- nonmarrying adjective
- unmarrying adjective
- ˈ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of marry1
Word History and Origins
Origin of marry1
Origin of marry2
Example Sentences
As one participant puts it, “You either marry me, or I move on.”
As he told me in 2017, “I had my little girl, and I got married. All that trust, I built it, little by little with my family members,” he said.
“And it married him to the animal in a way that felt really authentic.”
In an especially revealing journal entry from 1972, she wonders if she’ll grow in her chosen fields if she marries and has a child — but also, will she want to?
“I was supposed to get married this year, now I have to find a new job or at least figure a way to survive,” one laid-off worker said on Reddit.
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