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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does same-sex marriage mean?
• SAME-SEX MARRIAGE (noun)
The noun SAME-SEX MARRIAGE has 1 sense:
1. two people of the same sex who live together as a family
Familiarity information: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two people of the same sex who live together as a family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated
Hypernyms ("same-sex marriage" is a kind of...):
couple; duet; duo; twosome (a pair who associate with one another)
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