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Definition of wedding
1 : a marriage ceremony usually with its accompanying festivities : nuptials
2 : an act, process, or instance of joining in close association
3 : a wedding anniversary or its celebration —usually used in combination a golden wedding
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Examples of wedding in a Sentence
The wedding will be at 2:00 p.m.
the couple chose to have a garden wedding
Recent Examples of wedding from the Web
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Recently, I was put to the task of videotaping the wedding.
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Some of my husband's family would not come to our wedding because we were married in a Catholic Church.
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Ultra-Orthodox rabbis strictly govern Jewish practices in Israel such as weddings, divorces, burials and conversions.
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Her world as told in the opera includes joyous dancing by brilliantly costumed Mexican dancers at her wedding to Diego.
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The wedding also comes at a pivotal moment for Mnuchin.
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But for this special wedding contest, the winning couple will be the first to tie the knot at the famous White Castle in Las Vegas.
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Rhodes was in Maine to attend the wedding of a fellow Obama alum, speechwriter Jon Favreau, but that had not stopped him from fighting back against Trump.
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First Known Use of wedding
before 12th century
WEDDING Defined for English Language Learners
wedding
playDefinition of wedding for English Language Learners
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: a ceremony at which two people are married to each other
WEDDING Defined for Kids
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