Past tense of marry
regular verb
The past tense of marry is married. The past participle is also married.
Forms of marry
| Base form (V1) | marry /ˈmæɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | married /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | married /ˈmæɹ.ɪd/ |
| Present participle | marrying /ˈmæɹi.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | marries |
Married in a sentence
- I forfeited my inheritance and married outside my parents' faith.
- Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.
- They were to have been married overseas but COVID forced a change of plans.From the entry be
- Suppose that Mr and Mrs X have been married for many years.From the entry x
- Do you think I'll get married before I turn 30? – Who knows, you might never marry.From the entry who knows
Meaning of marry
- verb To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- verb To enter into marriage with one another.
- verb To take as husband or wife.
Questions about the past tense of marry
- What is the past tense of marry?
- The past tense of marry is married.
- What is the past participle of marry?
- The past participle of marry is married.
- Is marry a regular or irregular verb?
- Marry is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: marry (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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