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marry
CEFRA2
/ˈmæɹi/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To become someone's husband or wife in a legal or formal way.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo take as husband or wife.
Examples
He asked me to marry him and I accepted.
Whether you like her or not, you can't marry her.
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈmaɾe/
- /ˈmaɾɪ/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
To enter into marriage with one another.
To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
More examples
In contextWhy would you marry a woman if you like men?
I forfeited my inheritance and married outside my parents' faith.
Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
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Origin
verb
From Middle English marien, from Anglo-Norman marïer, from Latin marītāre (“to wed”), from marītus (“husband, suitor”), from mās (“man, male”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), same source as Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”). Compare its feminine derivatives: Welsh morwyn (“girl”), merch (“daughter”), Crimean Gothic marzus (“wedding”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “boy; girl”), Lithuanian marti̇̀ (“bride”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “yeoman”).) Displaced native Old English hīwian.