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intramarrying

intramarrying is the present participle and gerund of intramarry.

Meaning of intramarry

Verb

intramarry (third-person singular simple present intramarries, present participle intramarrying, simple past and past participle intramarried)

  1. To marry a member of the same group, social stratum, or religion.
    • One is that even though the probabilities for intramarriage within groups depend upon their representation in a population, most intramarry at a much higher rate than would be expected by chance.1983, Peter S. Li, B. Singh Bolaria, Racial Minorities in Multicultural Canada, page 98

Questions about intramarrying

What is intramarrying the present participle and gerund of?
Intramarrying is the present participle and gerund of intramarry.

Words near intramarrying in the dictionary

  1. intramarriage
  2. intramarriages
  3. intramarried
  4. intramarries
  5. intramarry
  6. intramarrying
  7. intramarsupial
  8. intramatrical
  9. intramatrimonial
  10. intramatrix
  11. intramaxillary

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