verb (marries, marrying, married, married)
1 to become the husband or wife of sb; to get married to sb:
[VN] She married a German. * He was 36 when he married Viv. * [V] He never married. * I guess I'm not the marrying kind (= the kind of person who wants to get married). * [V-ADJ] They married young.
HELPNOTE It is more common to say They're getting married next month. than They're marrying next month.
2 [VN] to perform a ceremony in which a man and woman become husband and wife:
They were married by the local priest.
3 [VN] ~ sb (to sb) to find a husband or wife for sb, especially your daughter or son
4 [VN] ~ sth and / to / with sth (formal) to combine two different things, ideas, etc. successfully:
The music business marries art and commerce.
IDIOMS
marry money to marry a rich person
PHRASALVERBS
marry into sth to become part of a family or group because you have married sb who belongs to it:
She married into the aristocracy.
marry sb<->off (to sb) (disapproving) to find a husband or wife for sb, especially your daughter or son
marry sth<->up (with sth) to combine two things, people or parts of sth successfully
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WORDFAMILY
marry v.
marriage n.
married adj. (=/= unmarried)
marital adj.
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