Get married means to become someone's husband or wife in a wedding. The same expression is used for both partners, whether a man or a woman. Get married names the event, while be married describes your marital status.
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get married (to + person); get married in + place/month; marry + person; be married to + person
- My sister got married in June, and the whole family flew to Italy for the wedding.
- They got married after living together for five years.
- Two of my colleagues are getting married next spring, so the office is collecting money for a gift.
What changed
First versionOlga got married with an engineer from Canada.
RevisionOlga got married to an engineer from Canada.
It is tempting to use with here, because marrying is something two people do together. But English introduces the partner with to: get married to someone, be married to someone. If you don't name the person, no preposition is needed: They got married last year.
Be married is a state: I've been married for ten years. Get married is an event: We got married in 2016. There is also a trap: married with two children means someone is married and has two children; here with does not introduce the partner.
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My brother ___ Sofia last summer, and now they live in Kazan.
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married — The verb marry takes the partner directly, with no preposition: married Sofia. Married with is not used this way; if you want a preposition, the correct choice would be got married to Sofia.
Write about the wedding of a couple you know. Say who got married, when and where.
My cousin Pavel got married to his university friend Irina last August in a small village near Suzdal.
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