married; marrying; marries
1
a
: to join in marriage according to law or custom
b
: to find a marriage partner for (someone, especially one's child)
They married their son to the daughter of a close friend.
trying to marry their children off
c
: to take as spouse : wed
married the girl next door
d
: to perform the ceremony of marriage for
a priest will marry them
e
: to obtain by marriage
marry wealth
2
: to unite in close and usually permanent relation
1
: to take a spouse : wed
He first married at twenty.
see also:
archaic
—used for emphasis and especially to express amused or surprised agreement
Examples of marry in a Sentence
Verb
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.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Lewis met his wife, a teacher, through one of his older cousins and they were married for 40 years.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
For nearly a thousand years, the Church of England was aligned with the Catholic Church, until King Henry VIII broke communion with Rome in order to get a divorce and marry Anne Boleyn.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
And so he is married off against his will, and forcibly pushed into the role of a family patriarch.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
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Verb
The couple, who had been married for 50 years, didn’t know a gunman would take them hostage while trying evade police after a shootout in the crowded neighborhood park.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Lewis met his wife, a teacher, through one of his older cousins and they were married for 40 years.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
For nearly a thousand years, the Church of England was aligned with the Catholic Church, until King Henry VIII broke communion with Rome in order to get a divorce and marry Anne Boleyn.
—Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
And so he is married off against his will, and forcibly pushed into the role of a family patriarch.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Marry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marry. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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marry
1 of 2 verb
mar·ry
ˈmar-ē 
married; marrying
1
: to join in marriage according to law or custom
they were married by a priest
2
: to give in marriage
married their children off
3
: to take as husband or wife
married a singer
4
: to enter into a marriage relationship : wed
decided to marry
5
: to enter into a close union
working long hours, she is married to her job
marry
2 of 2 interjection
archaic
—used to express amused or surprised agreement
Etymology
Verb
Middle English marien "to marry," from early French marier (same meaning), derived from Latin maritus "married"
Interjection
Middle English marie, an interjection, from Marie "the Virgin Mary"
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