wedding

noun, often attributive

wed·ding | \ˈwe-diŋ

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

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Though rain supposedly means good luck on a wedding day, one pair of Mississippi lovebirds were even more fortunate when strangers offered to host their nuptials inside their home after a torrential rainstorm threatened to ruin their beachside vows. — Janine Puhak, Fox News, "Mississippi couple hosts strangers' wedding inside their home after nuptials are rained out," 10 July 2018 The $10 eyeliner, $13 mascara, and frills-free $4 SPF lip balm that Cuoco wore on her wedding day, ahead. — refinery29.com, "Kaley Cuoco Wore $46 Worth Of Drugstore Makeup On Her Wedding Day," 2 July 2018 But after that gesture, and after his father’s openly racist behavior at his and Seema’s wedding, he’d mostly avoided the old man. — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, "The Luck of Kokura," 18 June 2018 Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Kathie, a former senior vp at Rogers & Cowan — Phil Donahue and Mario Thomas were the official witnesses at their wedding — daughter Kimberly and grandchildren Wyatt and Devon. — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, "Richard Valeriani, Longtime 'NBC Nightly News' Correspondent, Dies at 85," 18 June 2018 The month logged 11 days of at least 90 degrees, including a scorching high of 101 on June 28, though the high on your wedding day was just 90 degrees. — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, "Ask Tom: How hot was it on this couple's wedding day in 1952?," 17 June 2018 Meghan accessorized her fitted black Dior dress, which has a neckline reminiscent of her Givenchy wedding dress, with a black fascinator by Stephen Jones, and a simple black clutch and pale heels, both also by Dior. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Meghan Markle Wears Custom Dior to the RAF 100th Anniversary Celebrations," 10 July 2018 From live weddings and public breakups & divorces to newborn babies, upcoming shows and books, and so on, there really hasn’t been a dull moment lately. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "Who Should Play Your Favorite HGTV Stars In A Movie?," 10 July 2018 Carpentersville has agreed on tax incentives for the duo redeveloping a building overlooking the Fox River into a wedding venue. — Erin Sauder, Elgin Courier-News, "Carpentersville gives tax help to wedding venue developers," 6 July 2018

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