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INTERMARRY (intermarried)

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Irregular inflected form: intermarried  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does intermarry mean? 

INTERMARRY (verb)
  The verb INTERMARRY has 1 sense:

1. marry within the same ethnic, social, or family groupplay

  Familiarity information: INTERMARRY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTERMARRY (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they intermarry  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it intermarries  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: intermarried  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: intermarried  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: intermarrying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "intermarry" is one way to...):

conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

intermarriage (marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law)

intermarriage (marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law)


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