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wed·ding

(wĕd′ĭng)

a. The act of marrying.

b. The ceremony or celebration of a marriage.

2. The anniversary of a marriage: a silver wedding.

3. The act or an instance of joining closely: a wedding of ideas.

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wedding

(ˈwɛdɪŋ)

a. the act of marrying or the celebration of a marriage

b. (as modifier): wedding day.

2. the anniversary of a marriage (in such combinations as silver wedding or diamond wedding)

3. the combination or blending of two separate elements

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wed•ding

(ˈwɛd ɪŋ)

n.

1. the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials.

2. the anniversary of a marriage, or its celebration: They observed their silver wedding.

3. an act or instance of blending or joining.

adj.

4. of or pertaining to a wedding.

[before 900]

wedding

epithalamium - A poem written to celebrate a wedding.
confetti - It is the plural of Italian confetto, "small sweet," as it was originally real or imitation bon-bons thrown during a carnival or after a wedding.
morganatic - A survival of an ancient Germanic marriage custom, a gift on the morning after the wedding from husband to wife called morgangeba, "morning" and "give"; it now describes a marriage between people of different social status, especially a man of superior rank and woman of inferior rank.
nuptial - From Latin nuptiae, "wedding," from nubere, "to marry."

marriage

– wedding

1. 'marriage'

Marriage refers to the state of being married, or to the relationship between a husband and wife.

I wasn't interested in marriage or children.

They have a very happy marriage.

You can also use marriage to refer to the act of getting married.

Her family did not approve of her marriage to David.

2. 'wedding'

You don't usually use 'marriage' to refer to the ceremony in which two people get married. Use wedding.

He was not invited to the wedding.

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Noun	1.	wedding - the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed hymeneals, nuptials, wedding ceremony ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
	2.	wedding - the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" marriage ceremony, marriage ritual, rite - any customary observance or practice bridal, espousal - archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast civil marriage - a marriage performed by a government official rather than by a clergyman love match - a marriage for love's sake; not an arranged marriage remarriage - the act of marrying again
	3.	wedding - a party of people at a wedding wedding party party - a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner" best man - the principal groomsman at a wedding bride - a woman participant in her own marriage ceremony bridesmaid, maid of honor - an unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding flower girl - a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession groom, bridegroom - a man participant in his own marriage ceremony groomsman - a male attendant of the bridegroom at a wedding trainbearer - one who holds up the train of a gown or robe on a ceremonial occasion

wedding

noun marriage, nuptials, wedding ceremony, marriage ceremony, marriage service, wedding service, nuptial rite, espousals A lot of women only marry in church for the traditional white wedding.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

wedding

noun

The act or ceremony by which two people become husband and wife:

bridal, espousal, marriage, nuptial (often used in plural), spousal (often used in plural).

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boda casamiento nupcias

wedding

[ˈwedɪŋ]

A. N → boda f, casamiento m
silver/ruby wedding → bodas de plata/de rubí
to have a church wedding → casarse por la iglesia
civil wedding → boda f civil
to have a civil wedding → casarse por lo civil
to have a quiet wedding → casarse en la intimidad

B. CPD wedding anniversary N → aniversario m de boda
wedding band N = wedding ring wedding breakfast N (frm) → banquete m de bodas
wedding cake N → tarta f or pastel m de boda
wedding day N → día m de la boda
on her wedding day → el día de su boda
wedding dress N → traje m de novia
wedding invitation N → invitación f de boda
wedding march N → marcha f nupcial
wedding night N → noche f de bodas
wedding present N → regalo m de boda
wedding reception N → banquete m de bodas
wedding ring N → alianza f, anillo m de boda
wedding service N → boda f, ceremonia f nupcial BEST MAN

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wed

(wed) – past tense, past participles ˈwedded, ~wed – verb

to marry. casarse

ˈwedding noun

a marriage ceremony. The wedding will take place on Saturday; (also adjective) a wedding-cake; her wedding-day; a wedding-ring.boda

wedding

→ boda

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

We're here for a wedding (US)
We are here for a wedding (UK) → Jsme tu na svatbě → Vi er her til et bryllup → Wir sind zu einer Hochzeit hier → Hemos venido a una boda → Tulimme tänne häihin → Nous sommes ici pour un mariage → Doputovali smo na vjenčanje → Siamo qui per un matrimonio → We zijn hier voor een bruiloft → Vi er her i et bryllup → Jesteśmy tu z okazji ślubu → Buraya bir düğüne geldik → 我们是来这里举行婚礼的

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Poyser's, and most of those who had a holiday appeared in their best clothes at the wedding. I think there was hardly an inhabitant of Hayslope specially mentioned in this history and still resident in the parish on this November morning who was not either in church to see Adam and Dinah married, or near the church door to greet them as they came forth.

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Nina Alexandrovna and Lebedeff tried to persuade him to have the wedding in St.

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During this unavoidable lapse of time the bridegroom, in proof of his eagerness, was expected to expose himself alone to the gaze of the assembled company; and Archer had gone through this formality as resignedly as through all the others which made of a nineteenth century New York wedding a rite that seemed to belong to the dawn of history.

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There was one time of the year which was held in Raveloe to be especially suitable for a wedding. It was when the great lilacs and laburnums in the old-fashioned gardens showed their golden and purple wealth above the lichen-tinted walls, and when there were calves still young enough to want bucketfuls of fragrant milk.

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"Why is it Marie's in lilac, as bad as black, at a wedding?" said Madame Korsunskaya.

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So the Princess was brought, "the fairest woman under the moon." And she, sore afraid at the anger and threats of Godrich, durst not do aught to oppose the wedding. So were they "espoused fair and well" by the Archbishop of York, and Havelok took his bride home to Grimsby.

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"Pray heaven she may be true to him and the wedding be a gay one 'back i' the town!"'

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"Madam," answered the rector, in great perplexity, "this strange occurrence brings to my mind a marriage sermon of the famous Bishop Taylor, wherein he mingles so many thoughts of mortality and future woe, that, to speak somewhat after his own rich style, he seems to hang the bridal chamber in black, and cut the wedding garment out of a coffin pall.

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My moralisings were cut short by my entering a village, and, it being about the hour of noon, finding myself in the thick of a village wedding.

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The wedding was duly performed and the young couple sat down to the wedding-feast.

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Casaubon, returning from their wedding journey, arrived at Lowick Manor in the middle of January.

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I'm awfully sorry in one way--but oh, won't it be splendid to have a real wedding in the family?

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