marry

Universal Words 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 ______________________________ WORDFAMILY marry v. marriage n. married adj. (=/= unmarried) marital adj. ______________________________