premarriage

See also: pre-marriage

English

Alternative forms

• pre-marriage

Etymology

From pre- +‎ marriage.

Adjective

premarriage (not comparable)

1. Before marriage.

Noun

premarriage (countable and uncountable, plural premarriages)

1. A period of time before marriage.
   • 2012, Justin Velgus, Ai, Love You?: Finding Friendship, Romance, and Heartbreak in Japan‎^[1]:

     Dating and pre-marriage are times to sort out what kind of person you like or if you like people at all.

   • 2012, Cait London, Last Dance‎^[2]:

     If we have to start inspecting premarriages and I have to give birth control advice to every innocent woman those boys decide […]

   • 2013, Marni Jameson, House of Havoc: How to Make--and Keep--a Beautiful Home Despite Cheap Spouses, Messy Kids, and Other Difficult Rommates‎^[3]:

     There I have dumped willy-nilly into a giant coffin-sized plastic bin of photos that dated back to premarriage and children.