marriage

«marriage» in Mova's school dictionary: the legal relationship between two people who are husband… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a marriage, marriages)

meaning for a pupil

1) Marriage is the legal relationship between two people who are husband and wife, or partners, joined in law. tree →

2) A marriage is a wedding, the ceremony where two people get married. tree →

3) A marriage is the time two people are married: a long, happy marriage. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, marriages often end fairy tales («and they lived happily ever after»). In everyday life weddings are celebrated with family. In history, royal marriages joined powerful families. Phrases: get married, a happy marriage, marriage proposal.

examples

• Their marriage lasted fifty years. tree →
• My aunt's marriage was in a little church. tree →
• The prince asked for her hand in marriage. tree →
• A marriage is celebrated with a wedding. tree →
• Grandma showed us photos of her marriage. tree →
• In some countries, marriage is allowed only from age 18. tree →
• And then the marriage was celebrated. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: marry, be married, get married. Spelling: marrIAGE — keep the i. «Marriage» is the relationship; «wedding» is the day or ceremony.

In the corpora

• A divorce is the official legal end of a marriage, and "the divorce came through" means the court has finished it.
• The children of a parent's partner can become your step-siblings: brothers or sisters through marriage, not by birth.
• A couple's marriage is private, and there may be children in the house who hear what the street says.
• "Between marriages" means divorced and not married again (jokey).
• "It didn't work out" means the marriage or relationship ended.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «marriage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.