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wedding

[ wed-ing ]

noun

  1. the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials.
  2. the anniversary of a marriage, or its celebration:

    They invited guests to their silver wedding.

  3. the act or an instance of blending or joining, especially opposite or contrasting elements:

    a perfect wedding of conservatism and liberalism.

  4. Business Slang. a merger.


adjective

  1. of or relating to a wedding:

    the wedding ceremony; a wedding dress.

wedding

/ ˈɛɪŋ /

noun

    1. the act of marrying or the celebration of a marriage
    2. ( as modifier )

      wedding day

  1. the anniversary of a marriage (in such combinations as silver wedding or diamond wedding )
  2. the combination or blending of two separate elements
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wedding1

First recorded before 900; Middle English “matrimony, wedlock, marriage,” Old English weddung “bٰdzٳ󲹱”; wed, -ing 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see shotgun wedding .
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Resolving her eye problems has allowed Ellie to concentrate on her training as a GP and arrange her wedding.

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She recalled: "That same day that I'm packing to go to the hospital, I had to pack up my wedding dress, all the bridesmaids' dresses - and return it."

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The Prince and Princess of Wales are spending their 14th wedding anniversary in Scotland on the Isle of Mull.

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Some accounts say Valentine was a priest who continued to perform weddings in secret when they were banned by Emperor Claudius II.

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Hypocrisy has been a mainstay of the dinner for its entirety, and as ubiquitous as floral arrangements at an ostentatious wedding.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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