Marry
verb
To become a legal partner of someone in a formal ceremony.
She married her high school sweetheart.
Often appears as...
- get married
- wants to marry
verb
To officiate at a wedding ceremony.
The priest married them in a beautiful ceremony at the church.
Often appears as...
- married by a priest
- married in a church
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To join two or more things together so they work as a unit.
The recipe marries flavors from different cuisines to create a unique dish.
Often appears as...
- marry flavors
- marry ideas
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Approving
verb
To become a legal partner of someone in a formal ceremony.
She married her high school sweetheart.
Often appears as...
- get married
- wants to marry
verb
To officiate at a wedding ceremony.
The priest married them in a beautiful ceremony at the church.
Often appears as...
- married by a priest
- married in a church
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To join two or more things together so they work as a unit.
The recipe marries flavors from different cuisines to create a unique dish.
Often appears as...
- marry flavors
- marry ideas
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Legality Emphasis
The word 'marry' places focus on the legal and formal aspects of joining in partnership.
They decided to marry to ensure they had legal rights as a couple.
Pro Tip 2/3Lifetime Commitment
'Marry' often implies a long-term, if not lifelong, commitment between partners.
When you marry someone, you're planning a future together.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
'Marry' can carry cultural weight, varying in significance across different societies.
In some cultures, to marry is to fulfill an expected life milestone.
Pro Tip 1/3Legality Emphasis
The word 'marry' places focus on the legal and formal aspects of joining in partnership.
They decided to marry to ensure they had legal rights as a couple.
Pro Tip 2/3Lifetime Commitment
'Marry' often implies a long-term, if not lifelong, commitment between partners.
When you marry someone, you're planning a future together.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
'Marry' can carry cultural weight, varying in significance across different societies.
In some cultures, to marry is to fulfill an expected life milestone.
Pro Tip 1/3Legality Emphasis
The word 'marry' places focus on the legal and formal aspects of joining in partnership.
They decided to marry to ensure they had legal rights as a couple.
Pro Tip 2/3Lifetime Commitment
'Marry' often implies a long-term, if not lifelong, commitment between partners.
When you marry someone, you're planning a future together.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Significance
'Marry' can carry cultural weight, varying in significance across different societies.
In some cultures, to marry is to fulfill an expected life milestone.
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What forgiveness can...
except that before he asked me to marry him he tricked me into getting married when I said it's better to ask forgiveness than permission I didn't mean this
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So for her to be kept by herself for so many years is truly heartbreaking. When we rescued her, we also had recently rescued Jerry, who was also kept by himself. We tried socialising them together and luckily it worked. It worked really well. And now they're known as sort of the old married couple of the marmoset rescues.
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How Mendel's pea plants...
where the two heterozygous kids marry, their babies could have any of the three possible genotypes, showing the two possible phenotypes in a three-to-one proportion. But even peas have a lot of characteristics. For example, besides being yellow or green, peas may be round or wrinkled. So we could have all these possible
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Questions No One Knows...
would include multiple copies of you. In one such universe, you'd graduate with honors and marry the person of your dreams, and in another, not so much. Well, there are still some scientists who would say, hogwash. The only meaningful answer to the question of how many universes there are is one. Only one universe.
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How does the Nobel Peace...
30 years later, he had become extremely wealthy, but never married, and had no children. When his will was opened after his death, it came as a surprise that his fortune was to be used for five prizes in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.
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How many universes are...
In one such universe, you'd graduate with honors and marry the person of your dreams. In another, not so much. There are still some scientists who would say, hogwash. The only meaningful answer to the question of how many universes there are is one,
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A host of heroes - April...
And in the end, the hero triumphs over evil in an idyllic way, but at great personal, emotional sacrifice. King Arthur is a good example of a romantic hero. Sure, he became king and married the love of his life, but he was also killed by his son,
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Where did Russia come...
Its noblemen and noblewomen married prominent European rulers, while residents of some cities enjoyed great culture, literacy, and even democratic freedoms uncommon for the time. But nothing lasts forever.
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What forgiveness can...
except that before he asked me to marry him he tricked me into getting married when I said it's better to ask forgiveness than permission I didn't mean this
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Rethinking infidelity...
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American Musician
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American First Lady
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Hilaria Baldwin
American Businesswoman
Married life is really nice. It's different. It feels different.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian Musician
An unmarried man, in my opinion, enjoys only half a life.
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Joe Namath
American Athlete
I've always said I'm going to get married only once.
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Jimmy Swaggart
American Clergyman
I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry.
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Frank Langella
American Actor
I'd always felt a man should marry later in life.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
In married life three is company and two none.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
I know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family.
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Melania Trump
American First Lady
I am not a 'yes' person. No matter who you are married to, you still need to lead your life.
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Hilaria Baldwin
American Businesswoman
Married life is really nice. It's different. It feels different.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian Musician
An unmarried man, in my opinion, enjoys only half a life.
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Joe Namath
American Athlete
I've always said I'm going to get married only once.
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Jimmy Swaggart
American Clergyman
I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry.
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Frank Langella
American Actor
I'd always felt a man should marry later in life.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
In married life three is company and two none.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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