Meaning

10 senses
  1. (intransitive)To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

    Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.

    I forfeited my inheritance and married outside my parents' faith.

  2. (intransitive)To enter into marriage with one another.

    Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.

    take in marriage; married

  3. (transitive)To take as husband or wife.

    In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.

    heiraten, heiraten

    выходи́ть за́мужvyxodítʹ zámuž, вы́йти за́мужvýjti zámuž, брать в жёныbratʹ v žóny

    жени́тисяženýtysja, вихо́дити за́міжvyxódyty zámiž, ви́йти за́міжvýjty zámiž

  4. (transitive)To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.

    He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.

    in die Ehe geben

    вы́датьvýdatʹ

    одру́жуватиodrúžuvaty, одружи́тиodružýty, віддава́ти за́міжviddaváty zámiž

  5. (transitive)To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.

    A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.

    His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.

    verheiraten

    одру́жуватиodrúžuvaty, одружи́тиodružýty

  6. (transitive)To acquire by marriage.

    I wanted to marry wealth and power, and got both.

    perform a marriage ceremony

  7. (figuratively, intransitive)To join or connect. See also marry up.

    There’s a big gap here. These two parts don’t marry properly.

    I can’t connect it, because the plug doesn’t marry with the socket.

  8. (figuratively, transitive)To unite; to join together into a close union.

    The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.

  9. To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.

  10. To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.

Examples

5998 sentences
  1. Your brother got married, didn't he?

    Твій брат одружився, чи не так?

    ruТвой брат женился, не так ли?

    deDein Bruder hat geheiratet, oder?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. It's about time you got married.

    Настав час тобі одружитися.

    ruТебе давно пора бы жениться.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Six months later we were married.

    А за шість місяців ми одружилися.

    ruШесть месяцев спустя мы поженились.

    deSechs Monate später waren wir verheiratet.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. Getting married is a serious matter.

    Одруження - серйозне питання.

    ruЖенитьба - дело серьёзное.

    deSich zu verheiraten, ist eine ernsthafte Sache.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. Both of my brothers are married.

    Обидва мої брати одружені.

    ruОба моих брата женаты.

    deMeine zwei Brüder sind beide verheiratet.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to take a husband or wife:
to give away as wife or husband:
Русский
By meaning 3
to be joined in marriage:
to take a husband or wife:
to give away as wife or husband:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to be joined in marriage:
to give away as wife or husband:
to unite in wedlock:

Origin

From Middle English marien, from Anglo-Norman marïer, from Latin marītāre (“to wed”), from

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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

marries, marrying, married, married
Base formmarry · to marry
3rd person singularmarries
Present participlemarrying
Past simplemarried
Past participlemarried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymarry
he, she, itmarries

Past simpleLesson

all personsmarried

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave married
he, she, ithas married

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill marry

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

16 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

27 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • get married
  • to get married
  • be married to
  • got married in
  • are getting married
  • want to marry
  • married to each
  • get married next
  • to be married
  • was already married
  • got married to
  • got married last

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
marry — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto