marry

marry

take a husband or wife; wed; combine, connect, join: The new cars marry fuel efficiency and roominess.

Not to be confused with:

merry – happy, cheery, glad; jolly, jovial, mirthful; joyous in disposition: a merry old elf

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mar·ry ¹

 (măr′ē)

v. mar·ried, mar·ry·ing, mar·ries

v.tr.

1.

a. To join in marriage: They have been married for 25 years.

b. To take as a spouse: She married him two years ago.

c. To give in marriage: They married their daughter to a nobleman.

2. To perform a marriage ceremony for: The rabbi married the couple.

3. To obtain by marriage: marry money.

4. Nautical To join (two ropes) end to end, as by splicing or seizing.

5. To unite in a close, usually permanent way: "His material marries the domestic and the exotic" (Clifton Fadiman).

v.intr.

1. To enter into marriage; wed: They married in their twenties.

2. To combine or blend agreeably: Let the flavors marry overnight.

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[Middle English marien, from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre, from marītus, married.]

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mar·ry ²

 (măr′ē)

interj. Archaic

Used as an exclamation of surprise or emphasis.

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[Middle English Marie, the Virgin Mary, ultimately from Greek Maria; see Mary¹.]

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marry

(ˈmærɪ)

vb, -ries, -rying or -ried

1. to take (someone as one's partner) in marriage

2. (tr) to join or give in marriage

3. (tr) to acquire (something) by marriage: marry money.

4. to unite closely or intimately

5. (sometimes foll by: up) to fit together or align (two things); join

6. (Nautical Terms) (tr) nautical

a. to match up (the strands) of unlaid ropes before splicing

b. to seize (two ropes) together at intervals along their lengths

[C13: from Old French marier, from Latin marītāre, from marītus married (man), perhaps from mās male]

ˈmarrier n

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marry

(ˈmærɪ)

interj

archaic an exclamation of surprise, anger, etc

[C14: euphemistic for the Virgin Mary]

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mar•ry¹

(ˈmær i)

v. -ried, -ry•ing. v.t.

1. to take as a husband or wife; take in marriage.

2. to perform the marriage ceremony for; join in wedlock.

3. to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of: married off all their children.

4. to join or unite intimately.

5. to gain through marriage: to marry money.

v.i.

6. to take a husband or wife; wed.

7. to unite closely or agreeably; blend: This wine and cheese marry well.

[1250–1300; Middle English marien < Old French marier < Latin marītāre to wed]

mar•ry²

(ˈmær i)

interj. Archaic.

(used to express surprise or emphasis.)

[1325–75; Middle English; euphemistic variant of Mary(the Virgin)]

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married

– marry

1. 'married to'

If you are married to someone, they are your husband or wife.

Her daughter was married to a Frenchman.

2. 'marry'

When you marry someone, you become their husband or wife during a special ceremony.

I wanted to marry him.

Be Careful!
Don't use 'to' after marry. Don't say 'I wanted to marry to him'.

3. 'get married'

Marry is not usually used without an object. Don't say, for example, that a person 'marries' or that two people 'marry'. Say that they get married.

Lisa and Kunal are getting married next month.

My parents want me to get married and settle down.

Marry is sometimes used without an object, but this is a literary or old-fashioned use.

Jane swore that she would never marry.

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marry

Past participle: married
Gerund: marrying

Imperative

marry

marry

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	marry - take in marriage       get hitched with, get married, hook up with, wed, conjoin, espouse unite, unify - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief inmarry - marry within one's own tribe or group; "The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry" mismarry - marry an unsuitable partner marry, splice, wed, tie - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" wive - marry a woman, take a wife wive - take (someone) as a wife intermarry - marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group remarry - marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart"
	2.	marry - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" splice, wed, tie officiate - act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?" get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, wed, conjoin, espouse - take in marriage solemnise, solemnize - perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies

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marry

verb

1. tie the knot (informal), wed, take the plunge (informal), walk down the aisle (informal), get hitched (slang), get spliced (informal), become man and wife, plight your troth (old-fashioned) They married a month after they met.

2. wed, espouse, wive (archaic), take to wife, lead to the altar, make an honest woman of (informal) He wants to marry her.

3. unite, match, join, link, tie, bond, ally, merge, knit, unify, splice, yoke It will be difficult to marry his two interests - cooking and sport.

Quotations
"There is not one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry ... it is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from others, and are least honest themselves" [Jane Austen Mansfield Park]
"It is better to marry than to burn" Bible: I Corinthians

Proverbs
"Never marry for money, but marry where money is"

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marry

verb

1. To join or be joined in marriage:

espouse, mate, wed.

Slang: hitch.

Idiom: tie the knot.

2. To bring or come together into a united whole:

coalesce, combine, compound, concrete, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, couple, join, link, meld, unify, unite, wed, yoke.

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Translations

يَتَزَوَّجُيَتزَوَّجيُزَوِّج، يَعْقِد قِرانيُعطي إبنه أو إبْنته زوجا أو زوجةً

oženitoženit seprovdatvdát seoddat

blive giftgifte (sig)gifte bortgifte sigvie

heiratenverheiratentrauen

παντρεύομαιπαντρεύω

casarcasarse

mennä naimisiinnaittaavihkiäyhdistää

marierse marierépouser

התחתן

vjenčati se

házasságot köthozzáadhozzámegy

giftagifta, gefa samangiftast, kvænast

sposaresposarsisposatoaccasare

結婚する

결혼하다

nubere

apvesdintiištekėjusiištekintisutuoktituoktis

izprecinātlaulātprecētprecēties, laulāties

trouwen

bli giftgifte (seg)gifte seg

poślubić

casar

женитьсявыйти замуж

oženiťzosobášiť

poročitiporočiti se

gifta (sig) medgifta sig

แต่งงาน

evlenmekevlendirmek

cưới

为...证婚使女儿或儿子结婚嫁娶结婚

marry

[ˈmærɪ]

A. VT

1. (= take in marriage) → casarse con
to be married to sb → estar casado con algn
we have been married for 14 years → llevamos 14 años (de) casados
to marry money → casarse con alguien de dinero

2. (= give or join in marriage) → casar
they were married by the village priest → los casó el cura del pueblo
he has three daughters to marry (off) → tiene tres hijas por casar

3. (fig) → conjugar, aunar
a style which marries beauty and practicality → un estilo que conjuga or aúna belleza y pragmatismo
he's married to his job → vive por y para el trabajo, vive para trabajar or para el trabajo

B. VI (also to get married) → casarse
to marry again → volver a casarse, casarse en segundas nupcias
to marry beneath one → casarse con alguien de rango inferior
to marry into a rich family → emparentar con una familia rica
to marry into the peerage → casarse con alguien de la nobleza

marry up VT + ADV (fig) → conjugar

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marry

[ˈmæri]

vt

(= get married to) → épouser, se marier avec
He wants to marry her → Il veut l'épouser.

[father, priest] → marier

vi (also get married) → se marier

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marry

vt

(= get married to) → heiraten; to marry money → reich heiraten; will you marry me? → willst du mich heiraten?

(priest) → trauen

(father) → verheiraten; he married all his daughters into very rich families → er hat zugesehen, dass alle seine Töchter in reiche Familien einheirateten

vi

(also get married) → heiraten, sich verheiraten; (couple) → heiraten, sich vermählen (geh); to marry into a rich family → in eine reiche Familie einheiraten; to marry into money → reich heiraten; he married into a small fortune → durch die Heirat ist er an ein kleines Vermögen gekommen; he’s not the marrying kind → er ist nicht der Typ, der heiratet; marry in haste, repent at leisure (prov) → Heiraten in Eile bereut man in Weile (prov)

(fig: two pieces of wood etc) → ineinanderpassen

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marry

[ˈmærɪ]

1. vt (take in marriage) → sposare, sposarsi con; (subj, father, priest) → dare in matrimonio

2. vi (also to get married) → sposarsi
to marry again → risposarsi
to marry into a rich family → imparentarsi con una famiglia ricca

marry up vt + adv (pattern) → far combaciare

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marry

(ˈmӕri) verb

1. to take (a person) as one's husband or wife. John married my sister; They married in church. trou يَتزَوَّج оженвам се/омъжвам се casar oženit se, vdát se heiraten gifte sig; blive gift παντρεύομαιcasarse abielluma ازدواج کردن avioitua épouser לְהִינָשֵא विवाह करना oženiti se, udati se elvesz, hozzámegy; házasságot köt mengawini giftast, kvænast sposare, sposarsi 結婚する 남편(아내)으로 맞이하다 vesti, tekėti, tuoktis precēt; precēties, laulāties berkahwin trouwengifte seg, bli giftpoślubić, wziąć ślub واده كول casar a se căsători, a se însura жениться; выходить замуж oženiť sa, vydať sa poročiti se venčati gifta sig med แต่งงาน evlenmek 結婚 одружуватися; женитися بیاہ کرنا cưới 结婚

2. (of a clergyman etc) to perform the ceremony of marriage between (two people). The priest married them. trou يُزَوِّج، يَعْقِد قِران оженвам/омъжвам casar oddat trauen vie παντρεύωcasar laulatama عروسی گرفتن vihkiä marier לְהַשִׂיא विवाह कराना, ब्याहना vjenčati, oženiti összead mengawinkan gifta, gefa saman sposare 結婚させる 결혼식을 집행하다 sutuokti laulāt mengahwinkan in het huwelijk verbinden vie udzielić ślubu واده casar a cununa сочетать браком; венчать zosobášiť poročiti venčati viga ประกอบพิธีแต่งงาน evlendirmek (牧師)為...證婚 обвінчати کسی مولوی وغیرہ کا نکاح پڑھانا làm phép cưới （牧师）为...证婚

3. to give (a son or daughter) as a husband or wife. He married his son to a rich woman. vir trou gee يُعطي إبنه أو إبْنته زوجا أو زوجةً оженвам casar oženit, provdat verheiraten gifte bort παντρεύωcasar naitma شوهر کردن؛ زن گرفتن naittaa marier לְחַתֵן कन्यादान करना oženiti, udati hozzáad vkihez mengawinkan gifta dare in matrimonio 結婚させる 시집(장가) 보내다 apvesdinti, ištekinti izprecināt mengahwinkan uithuwelijkengifte bort ożenić, wydać za mąż واده كول casar a căsători женить; выдавать замуж oženiť, vydať poročiti dati za udaju gifta bort ซึ่งแต่งงานแล้ว evlendirmek (讓兒子)娶某人，(將女兒)嫁給某人 оженити, віддавати заміж اولاد کو رشتئہ ازدواج میں دینا cưới cho 使（女儿或儿子）结婚

ˈmarried adjective

She has two married daughters. getroude مُتَزَوِّج، متزوِّجَه омъжен casado ženatý, vdaná verheiratet gift παντρεμένοςcasado abielus ازدواج کرده naimisissa oleva marié נְשוּאִים विवाहित oženjen házas, férjes, nős menikah giftur sposato 結婚した 결혼한 vedęs, ištekėjusi precējies berkahwin getrouwdgiftzamężna, żonaty متاًهل،واده شوى casado căsătorit женатый; замужняя ženatý, vydatá poročen udata gift แต่งงานแล้ว evli 已婚的 жонатий; заміжня شادی شدہ đã kết hôn 已结婚的

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marry

→ يَتَزَوَّجُ oženit (se) gifte (sig) heiraten παντρεύομαι casarse mennä naimisiin se marier vjenčati se sposare 結婚する 결혼하다 trouwen gifte (seg) poślubić casar жениться gifta (sig) med แต่งงาน evlenmek cưới 嫁娶

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