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Marriage

noun
/ˈmæɹɪdʒ/
Word Frequency: 64.1

Definitions

1.nounThe state of being married.
"You should enter marriage for love."
2.nounA union of two or more people that creates a family tie and carries legal, social, and/or religious rights and responsibilities.
3.nounA homosexual relationship between male prisoners.
4.nounA wedding; a ceremony in which people wed.
"You are cordially invited to the marriage of James Smith and Jane Doe."
5.nounA close union.
6.nounA joining of two parts.
7.nounA king and a queen, when held as a hand in Texas hold 'em or melded in pinochle.
8.nounIn solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.

Synonyms

civil unionmatrimonyweddingwedlockman and wifemarried coupleunionmarriage ceremonyspousalmaritalmatrimonialmarrying

Antonyms

divorce

Rhymes With

disparagecarriagemiscarriageintermarriageremarriageparagebair ridgebare ridge
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