transcription, транскрипция: [ mæri ]
( marries, marrying, married)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When two people get married or marry , they legally become husband and wife in a special ceremony. Get married is less formal and more commonly used than marry .
I thought he would change after we got married...
They married a month after they met...
He wants to marry her...
He got married to wife Beryl when he was 19...
I am getting married on Monday...
She ought to marry again, don’t you think?
V-RECIP : pl-n get V-ed , pl-n V , V n , get V-ed to n , get V-ed ( non-recip ), V ( non-recip )
2.
When a priest or official marries two people, he or she conducts the ceremony in which the two people legally become husband and wife.
The local vicar has agreed to marry us in the chapel on the estate...
VERB : V n