marry

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 being married
2 getting married
3 problems in a marriage
see also FAMILY

1 being married
- the person that a woman is married to: husband
- the person that a man is married to: wife (plural wives)
- the person that sb is married to (man or woman): (formal) spouse
- two people who are married: (married) couple
- to live with a person as if you were married: live with sb
She's not married but she's living with somebody.
- the person that sb lives with, as if they were married: partner
- if you have a husband or a wife, you are married (to sb)
She's married to a farmer.
- the state of being husband and wife: marriage (noun C/U), (formal) matrimony (noun U)
- connected with being married: marital
They're having marital problems. ◎ pre-marital sex ◎ an extra-marital affair
- the state of being married; the time people spend together as a married couple: married life (noun U)
Married life seems to suit you! ◎ I spent most of my married life in India.
- the members of your husband's or wife's family are (informal) your in-laws
She doesn't get on very well with her in-laws.
※ in-laws FAMILY
- a woman whose husband has died: widow
- a man whose wife has died: widower
- if you are not married, you are unmarried, single
- a man who is not married is sometimes called a bachelor

2 getting married
- to take sb as your husband or wife: get* married, marry (sb)
We've decided to get married next year. ◎ Will you marry me? ◎ I don't think he'll ever marry.
※—† before you get married
- to ask sb to marry you: propose (to sb); noun: proposal
He proposed to her and she accepted. ◎ a proposal of marriage
- when people have agreed to get married, they are engaged
We're engaged to be married. ◎ Mike and Jill are getting engaged.
- a man who is engaged to be married to sb is her fiancé; a woman who is engaged to be married to sb is his fiancée
I'd like you to meet my fiancée.
- when two people officially tell people that they are getting engaged, they announce their engagement
- a ring which a man gives to a woman when they get engaged: engagement ring
※—† when you get married
- the ceremony at which a man and a woman become husband and wife: wedding
- the woman who gets married at a wedding: bride
- the man who gets married at a wedding: groom, bridegroom
- to join two people together as husband and wife: marry sb
We asked the vicar to marry us in the local church. ◎ They were married the next day.
- the ring worn by a married person: wedding ring
※ more on weddings WEDDING

3 problems in a marriage
- when a husband and wife decide not to live together because they have problems in their relationship, they break* up, split* up, (formal) separate; noun: separation; a husband and wife in this situation are separated
They aren't happy together so they've decided to separate.
- if a husband and wife do not live together, they live apart
We've been living apart for a few years now.
- to leave your husband or wife because you do not want to continue your relationship: leave* sb, (informal) walk out (on sb)
I've had enough - I'm leaving you. ◎ After years of ill-treatment she walked out on her husband.
- to leave a husband or wife to be with another person: leave* sb for sb
She left her husband for another man.
- a sexual relationship between a married person and sb who is not their wife or husband: affair; sexual behaviour of this sort: (formal) adultery (noun U), (formal) infidelity (noun U)
She doesn't know it but her husband's having an affair. ◎ to commit adultery
- the person who has an affair is unfaithful (to sb); opposite: faithful (to sb)
She was never unfaithful to him.
※—† marriages which end by law
- the end of a marriage by law: divorce (noun C/U)
I want a divorce. ◎ the high rate of divorce in some countries
- to go through the process of divorce: get* a divorce, get* divorced, divorce (sb)
We've been separated for four years so we've decided to get a divorce. ◎ Do you think they'll divorce?
- a person who has divorced is divorced, (usually used about a woman) a divorcee
I think she's divorced. ◎ to marry a divorcee
- after a divorce, the woman who was a man's wife is his ex-wife, (informal) ex; he is her ex-husband, (informal) ex
- to be able to keep your children after a divorce: get* custody (of sb)
Mothers get custody of their children more often than fathers.
- the money a person must pay by law to an ex-husband or ex-wife after they are divorced: alimony (noun U), maintenance (noun U)
- to marry again: remarry
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- the surname that a woman has before she is married and takes her husband's name: maiden name
- the system of marriage in which it is possible for a person to have more than one wife: polygamy (noun U)
- the system of marriage in which each person has only one husband or wife: monogamy (noun U)
- a marriage to sb chosen by the bride's and groom's parents: arranged marriage
- (in some countries) the money or property given or received by a woman's family when she marries: dowry

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  wed, tie, splice, get married, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse