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wedding

/ˈwɛdɪŋ/noun, verb2 syllables

Wedding means: take in marriage; married.

Synonyms for wedding16

noun, as in the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

wedding ceremony, nuptials, hymeneals

noun, as in the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony

marriage, marriage ceremony

noun, as in a party of people at a wedding

wedding party

verb, as in take in marriage; married

marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse, tie, splice, cuff

verb, as in perform a marriage ceremony

marry, wed, tie, splice, get married, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse

What does wedding mean?5

verb

1

take in marriage; married

2

perform a marriage ceremony“The minister married us on Saturday”

noun

1

the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

2

the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony“their marriage was conducted in the chapel”

3

a party of people at a wedding

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with wedding?9

two syllables

three syllables

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Wedding in a sentence

  • On the day of the wedding, we arrived at our teacher's house.aeriph
  • Everyone listened and was very happy, thinking this wedding was both original and meaningful.aeriph
  • Figaro invited us to his wedding, but when we arrived everyone had already left.Spamster
  • However, your wedding is your own, and you get to choose how it goes.miflhanc
  • You took pictures at the wedding, didn't you?CK
  • Tonight, a coffin will be our wedding bed.Scott
  • Ten years after the wedding, everything is just routine.paper1n0
  • I wanted my parents to be at my wedding, but they refused to come.CK

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Forms of wedding

as a noun

plural
weddings

as a verb

third-person singular
weddings
present participle
weddinging
past participle
weddinged
past tense
weddinged