Collocations for "marriage"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "marriage" in context.
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marriage
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [happy, solid, strong, loving] marriage
- [a trial, a royal, an arranged] marriage
- [same-sex, equal, gay] marriage
- asked for [her, his daughter's] hand in marriage
- their marriage is [steady, healthy, wavering, on the rocks]
- their marriage is not recognized in [some countries, by the Church]
- their marriage ended [amicably, acrimoniously, well, in hostilities]
- the marriage took place [in Las Vegas, in a church, on the beach]
- a marriage made in [heaven, hell]
- a marriage of [convenience, opposites]
- a perfect marriage of [power and reliability, sweet and sour, flavors]
- celebrating [five, 50] years of marriage
- [customs, traditions, places] of marriage
- [apply for, grant] a marriage [license, permit]
- the marriage [service, ceremony, guests]
- [their, traditional, civil] marriage vows
'marriage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affection
- arrange
- ban
- bed
- bill
- bind
- binding
- birth
- bliss
- blissful
- born
- brittle
- broken
- catch
- celebrate
- certificate
- compromise
- consent
- consultant
- consulting
- convenience
- counselor
- covenant
- crisis
- daughter
- doomed
- drab
- enduring
- enter
- eve
- facade
- fail
- failed
- finished
- flounder
- founder
- gay
- grief
- guidance
- harbor
- homosexual
- impending
- institution
- joyful
- knot
- last
- legal
- lesbian
- loser
- mixed