MARRY


Meaning of MARRY in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ well

To keep his wealthy lifestyle, he had to ~ well.

VERB + MARRY

▪ hope to , want to

I don't want to ~ Robert.

▪ agree to , promise to

He promised to ~ her when he returned.

▪ choose to

This was the woman he chose to ~.

▪ be going to , plan to

Matt told me he was going to ~ again.

They plan to ~ next year.

▪ be able to , be allowed to , be free to

He believes same-sex couples should be able to ~.

▪ forbid sb to

Duty forbade them to ~.

▪ ask sb to

He asked me to ~ him but I said no.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

He married her for love, not for money.

▪ into

the difficulties of ~ing into the royal family

PHRASES

▪ get married

They are hoping to get married next year.

▪ ~ late , ~ young

People are ~ing later these days.

▪ not be the ~ing kind (= not be the kind of person who wants to get married)

Marry is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ boyfriend , ↑ girlfriend , ↑ husband , ↑ Jew , ↑ lover , ↑ partner , ↑ widow , ↑ wife , ↑ woman

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .