married in
married in is the simple past and past participle of marry in.
Meaning of marry in
Verb
marry in (third-person singular simple present marries in, present participle marrying in, simple past and past participle married in)
- To join a family or group through marriage.
- Marriage patterns were likely exogamous to the band, with women marrying in as wives, and with daughters and sisters marrying out.1998, Michael Winkelman, Ethnic Relations in the U.S.
- To marry someone of the same religious or ethnic group.
- The single ancestry women have a 9 to 5 ratio of marrying in to marrying out; those of a mixed ancestry have a 5 to 8 ratio.1976, Helena Znaniecka Lopata, Mary Patrice Erdmans, Polish Americans, →ISBN, pages 153–154
- Antonyms:
- marry out
Questions about married in
- What is married in the simple past and past participle of?
- Married in is the simple past and past participle of marry in.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: married in (page history and authors); marry in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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