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GET MARRIED
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take in marriage
Synonyms:
conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "get married" is one way to...):
unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)
Verb group:
marry; splice; tie; wed (perform a marriage ceremony)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get married"):
inmarry (marry within one's own tribe or group)
mismarry (marry an unsuitable partner)
wive (marry a woman, take a wife)
wive (take (someone) as a wife)
intermarry (marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group)
remarry (marry, not for the first time)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue get married
Context examples:
You'll get married some day, and I'll have nothing to do but keep track of the lawyers and business agents who will take care of the money my father's going to leave me.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"When they do get married," continued Catherine, "they're going west to live for a while until it blows over."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in and never even told me about it, and the man came after it one day when he was out.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"Can't stand them." She looked at Myrtle and then at Tom. "What I say is, why go on living with them if they can't stand them? If I was them I'd get a divorce and get married to each other right away."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
You ought to have a church, George, for times like this. You must have gone to church once. Didn't you get married in a church? Listen, George, listen to me. Didn't you get married in a church?
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
