Marry | Mean of marry in English Dictionary
/ˈmeri/
- Verb
- to become the husband or wife of (someone)
- He married his college sweetheart.
- marrying a doctor/lawyer
- I asked her to marry me.
- “Will you marry me?” “Yes, I will.”
- He hopes to marry [=get married] soon.
- She married young. [=she was young when she married]
- They married for love, not money.
- to perform a ceremony in which two people get married
- The minister has married more than 100 couples.
- They hope to have a priest marry them.
- They were married by a justice of the peace.
- to find a husband or wife for (your child)
- He married his daughter to his partner's son.
- They married their son off to the daughter of a close friend.
- trying to marry their children off
- to join or combine (two things) closely
- The design marries traditional elements with/to/and modern methods.
- to become a member of (something, such as a family, group, culture, etc.) by marrying someone
- He married into a very wealthy family. [=his wife's family is very wealthy]
- She married into the upper class.
- to marry someone who is wealthy
- My cousin hopes to marry money.