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mar·ry

marry

 
 
pronunciation:
mae ri
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part of speech: verb
inflections: marries, marrying, married
definition 1: When you marry someone, you join with that person and begin to share your life with them. You become that person's wife or husband by law.
Alma's father asked her mother to marry him at the same place where the two of them first met.
 
synonyms:
wed
definition 2: When someone joins two people under the law, we say that that person marries them. Religious leaders and judges are people who often marry couples.
A judge married Akira's mom and dad at the city hall.
synonyms:
unite, wed
similar words:
join
Word Builder: marry +
  • married:
    having a partner in marriage.
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