(marries, ~ing, married)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
When two people get married or ~, they legally become husband and wife in a special ceremony. Get married is less formal and more commonly used than ~.
I thought he would change after we got married...
They married a month after they met...
He wants to ~ her...
He got married to wife Beryl when he was 19...
I am getting married on Monday...
She ought to ~ 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 ~ us in the chapel on the estate...
VERB: V n