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Definitions

marry

[mar-ee, mer-ee] / ˈmær i, ˈmɛr i /
VERB
legally become spouses
Synonyms
STRONGEST
join wed
STRONG
ally associate bond combine conjoin conjugate contract couple espouse knit land link match mate merge pledge promise relate tie unify unite yoke
WEAK
become one drop anchor get hitched get married lead to altar one plight one's troth settle down take vows tie the knot walk down aisle
Antonyms
STRONGEST
divide separate
STRONG
break detach disconnect disjoin dissociate divorce fail loosen lose part uncouple unfasten

Example Sentences

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Chinese brides lining up to marry in Yorkshire abbey.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Some marry by choice to send money back to their families or to plot an eventual escape.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

And this ambivalence proves infectious as they grow up, marry and have a child, with Dick becoming an esteemed novelist while Elle takes up English teaching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

So the challenge is, how do you marry those things?”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

“You didn’t tell him that when he was asking you to marry him.”

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.