Get Married: Meaning, Usage, and Examples

Meaning 1：marry (get married)

get married 🔊

/ɡɛt ˈmærid/

v. phr.

When two people officially become husband and wife through a legal or religious ceremony.

Happy couple getting married outdoors with friends clapping

marry 🔊

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/ˈmæri/

v. phr.

To legally or religiously become someone's spouse.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

Get from Old Norse geta, married from Latin maritare via Old French.

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a ring on your finger: you 'get' it when you 'marry'.

📖 Example

My brother and his girlfriend decided to get married next spring in a small garden ceremony. 🔊 My brother and his girlfriend plan to wed next spring in a small garden ceremony.

🔗 Collocations

get married to someone – to wed a specific person

get married in a church – to have a religious wedding ceremony

get married young – to wed at an early age

🔄 Synonyms

wed (v.) – to marry someone

tie the knot (v. phr.) – to get married, often in informal context

become husband and wife (v. phr.) – to enter into a marriage relationship

🚫 Antonyms

divorce (v.) – to legally end a marriage

separate (v.) – to live apart from one's spouse

annul (v.) – to declare a marriage invalid

🌱 Derivatives

marriage (n.) – the state of being married

married (adj.) – being in a state of matrimony

remarry (v.) – to marry again after divorce or death of spouse

📖 Cultural Story

The phrase combines Old Norse 'geta' (to obtain) and Latin 'maritare' (to wed). In medieval times, marriage was often transactional. Today it's the standard English phrase for entering a wedding.