wedding present
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- noun
- Carlos, I made this table for you and Annette as a wedding present.
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Watch on YouTubePeople like buying you one fork as a as a wedding present.
- People like buying you one fork as a as a wedding present.
- For them it would be like a gift, like a wedding present.
Examples
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- A perfect wedding present that would please your new Queen.
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It's the coolest wedding present ever.
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Just consider this my wedding present, okay?
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"You want me to drop off a wedding present?" I asked.
Fiction book (2001) -
I gave it to her as a wedding present.
Fiction book (1990) -
I've come with a wedding present, something special for my favorite couple.
Fiction book (2001) -
Oh, isn't that a marvelous wedding present!
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Noah wanted to buy Pandora, his new wife, a small wedding present.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Call it a wedding present," Muller said, and smiled again.
Fiction book (1994) -
I bought a beautiful vase as a wedding present for my sister and her husband.
Synonyms
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Something given to someone to show care or thanks
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A present for a couple when they marry
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a gift given on the occasion of marriage' is directly derivable from combining 'wedding' (a marriage event) with 'present' (a gift). This simple noun+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Wedding present comes from the old custom of bringing a present to a couple at their wedding to help them start married life. So today it simply means 'a gift given when people marry'.