marry

to join in marriage according to law or custom

The first known use: in the 14th century

Word Structure

Sentence Examples

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.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

catch	join	wed
ally	associate	bond

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

marry up	marry off	marry into
marry into something	marry somebody	off (to somebody)
marry something	up (with something)	marry in haste (, repent at leisure)

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Rhymes

carry

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