wedding
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈwɛdɪŋ/
- The wedding ceremony will be surrounded by pomp and circumstance!
- a wedding dress
- wedding ceremony
- wedding reception
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Watch on YouTubeSo there will be a wedding tonight.
- So there will be a wedding tonight.
- Oh, OK, with my wedding, I had to cut people out.
- But it wasn't, it wasn't a massive wedding, was it?
- People do these hardcore wedding video productions of their day.
- And let's face it, on most wedding days, something goes wrong.
- Have you ever crashed a wedding or a party?
- But I was officiating the wedding, so I could not go.
- And the audience was just this, this very nice wedding in Martha's Vineyard.
- They missed graduations, weddings, births, even funerals.
- And I officiated a wedding in December.
- Like, I wouldn't miss my like, daughter's wedding, right?
- Today we are going wedding dress shopping.
Examples
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Those are the vows you wrote for our wedding day.
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So there will be a wedding tonight.
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So after the wedding a lot of things changed.
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This man sent me my wine for my wedding for free.
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We could all head over to the wedding together.
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And let's face it, on most wedding days, something goes wrong.
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But I was officiating the wedding, so I could not go.
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They are planning a lavish wedding for next summer.
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After months of preparation, the wedding finally took place at a beautiful venue.
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The couple had a small wedding with only close family and friends attending.
Synonyms
718
2.5
A formal event that follows traditional rules for a special occasion
103
1.0
The day when two people get married
17
1.1
A formal event where two people promise to marry and exchange vows
14
6.6
A wedding ceremony where people celebrate a marriage
8
5.3
A formal ceremony when two people become married
8
3.2
A marriage ceremony carried out by a government official rather than a religious leader
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2.3
A formal event where two people promise to be partners
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9.9
An engagement or a wedding ceremony
1
9.9
An old word for a wedding feast
A celebration for a wedding
An old ceremony where two people promise to marry by joining hands
Antonyms
Compounds
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1.6
The night after a wedding when two people who just married spend their first night together
25
1.8
A group of people who take part in a marriage ceremony, like the bride, groom, bridesmaids and groomsmen
- NSFW
3
9.9
A scene in a story when people are suddenly killed or betrayed, shocking the audience
The 50th anniversary of a marriage, celebrated as a major milestone
- Offensive
1
9.9
A humorous British phrase for a man's private parts or the groom's clothes
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Etymology
The word wedding comes from an old English word wedd meaning 'pledge' or 'promise', and it is the same root as wed. That's why a wedding is the ceremony where two people make that promise to each other.