marriages
- 1Plural of marriage.
Arranged marriages were common among the noble families of that era.
Researchers compared the longevity of marriages across several countries.
Note
The plural counts what the singular can also name in the abstract. Marriage as a state, or as an institution, takes no plural. Marriages are particular unions or particular ceremonies: arranged marriages, two failed marriages, a summer crowded with marriages. The figurative sense pluralizes too, so a writer can speak of marriages of flavor and texture, each close union counted on its own.
marriages is a form of marriage
marriage, noun: The legally or formally recognized union of two people (in some cultures more) as partners, with legal, social, and often religious rights and duties; historically often limited to a man and a woman. Full entry
- Forms
- marriagemarriages plural
- Spelling
- marriage → marriages: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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