marrying

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹi.ɪŋ/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɹɪj.ɪŋ/

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• (General American)
  • (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmæɹi.ɪŋ/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹi.ɪŋ/

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾe.ɪŋ/
• (Northern England, without the NG-coalescence) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɹi.ɪŋɡ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹi.əŋ/
• Hyphenation: mar‧ry‧ing

marrying

1. present participle and gerund of marry

marrying (plural marryings)

1. A marriage.
   • 2003, Diana Wynne Jones, The Crown of Dalemark, page 116:

     After that there were marryings and intermarryings, the way there are, and Kredindale gets related to half the earls of the North.