# marrying

Pronunciation: US say "MAIR-ee-ing" /ˈmɛɹiɪŋ/; UK say "MA-ree-ing" /ˈmæɹiɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of marry. — present participle and gerund of marry
   - Simple: Present participle of marry. Use this -ing form for something happening now or going on.
   - _The couple announced they were marrying in the fall._
   - _He spent years avoiding marrying before finally settling down._

## Noun

2. A marriage; the union of two people as spouses.
   - Simple: A wedding, or the joining of two people as husband and wife.
   - _Their marrying brought together two well-known families._
   - _The whole estate celebrated the marrying with a week of feasting._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/marrying (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).