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How to pronounce marriages in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms man and wife, married couple
Type of family, family unit
Has types mixed marriage


his second marriage was happier than the first.
Type Words
Synonyms marriage ceremony, wedding
Type of rite, ritual
Has types bridal, civil marriage, love match, remarriage, espousal
Derivation marry


their marriage was conducted in the chapel.
Type Words
Synonyms matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock
Type of marital status
Has types marriage of convenience, bigamy, common-law marriage, cuckoldom, endogamy, exogamy, inmarriage, intermarriage, misalliance, monandry, monogamousness, monogamy, open marriage, polygamy, sigeh


a long and happy marriage.
Type Words
Type of unification, union


the marriage of music and dance.
a marriage of ideas.

Examples of marriages

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At marriages and in Sunday Masses, we toast the bride or drink consecrated wine.
From the sacbee.com
Her organization, Sisters Arab Forum, tries to intervene to stop such marriages.
From the cnn.com
The only concession might be to permit civil divorce for purely civil marriages.
From the time.com
Finally, let me say that I know of many marriages that have survived infidelity.
From the washingtontimes.com
That's why the California marriages were important to the two St. Louis couples.
From the stltoday.com
Louisa said she would abide by Texas law as far as her own children's marriages.
From the sltrib.com
Depending on whose stats you use, second marriages fail 105 percent of the time.
From the sltrib.com
He also told Smart he had molested children in his previous marriages, she said.
From the sltrib.com
Ashaari himself has 38 children and about 200 grandchildren from five marriages.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce); "a long and happy marriage"; "God bless this union"
  • Two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love"
  • The act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel"
  • A close and intimate union; "the marriage of music and dance"; "a marriage of ideas"
  • (married) a person who is married; "we invited several young marrieds"
  • (married) marital: of or relating to the state of marriage; "marital status"; "marital fidelity"; "married bliss"
  • Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found. ...
  • Marriage is the debut album from Canadian rock band Attack in Black, released July 31, 2007. The album was released by Dine Alone Records as both a CD and through digital download. The album won "NXNE Favourite New Indie Record Release" at the 2007 CASBY Awards.
  • In conflict of laws, the issue of marriage has assumed increasing public policy significance in a world of increasing multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-national relationships. ...