collocations.org

Collocations for marry - verb

ADVERB

well
To keep his wealthy lifestyle, he had to marry well.

Back to top ▲


VERB + marry

hope to, want to
I don't want to marry Robert.
agree to, promise to
He promised to marry her when he returned.
choose to
This was the woman he chose to marry.
be going to, plan to
Matt told me he was going to marry again.
They plan to marry next year.
be able to, be allowed to, be free to
He believes same-sex couples should be able to marry.
forbid sb to
Duty forbade them to marry.
ask sb to
He asked me to marry him but I said no.

Back to top ▲


PREPOSITION

for
He married her for love, not for money.
into
the difficulties of marrying into the royal family

Back to top ▲


PHRASES

get married
They are hoping to get married next year.
marry late, marry young
People are marrying later these days.
not be the marrying kind (= not be the kind of person who wants to get married)

Back to top ▲


Marry is used with these nouns as the object:
boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, Jew, lover, partner, widow, wife, woman

Back to top ▲

Report an error or submit a comment/suggestion on marry