married
- marry
‘married to’
If you are married to someone, they are your husband or wife.
Her daughter was married to a Frenchman.
‘marry’
When you marry someone, you become their husband or wife during a special ceremony.
I wanted to marry him.
Be careful
Don't use ‘to’ after marry. Don't say ‘I wanted to marry to him’.
Don't use ‘to’ after marry. Don't say ‘I wanted to marry to him’.
‘get married’
Marry is not usually used without an object. Don't say, for example, that a person ‘marries’ or that two people ‘marry’. Say that they get married.
Lisa and Kunal are getting married next month.
My parents want me to get married and settle down.
Marry is sometimes used without an object, but this is a literary or old-fashioned use.
Jane swore that she would never marry.