1
as in marrying
to give in marriage
the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm
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2
as in mating
to perform the ceremony of marriage for
the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month
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3
as in tying the knot
to take a spouse
she swore that she would never wed
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4
as in espousing
to take as a spouse
a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day
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Recent Examples of wedding
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026
More celebrity news: Louisville wedding at 21c Museum Hotel featured in People magazine
Comedian Nikki Glaser is returning to host the 83rd Golden Globes for a second year.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Jan. 2026
Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Kai Cenat speaks onstage during Fanatics Fest at the Javits Center in New York on June 21, and Kim Kardashian at Hotel Gritti in Venice, Italy, ahead of the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding on June 26.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The Saturday Night Live star posted a video on Instagram that appeared to show him preparing for a wedding on Tuesday.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026
More celebrity news: Louisville wedding at 21c Museum Hotel featured in People magazine
Comedian Nikki Glaser is returning to host the 83rd Golden Globes for a second year.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
Another source told People in August 2025 that Swift and Kelce aren’t currently wedding planning.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Kai Cenat speaks onstage during Fanatics Fest at the Javits Center in New York on June 21, and Kim Kardashian at Hotel Gritti in Venice, Italy, ahead of the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding on June 26.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedding
Noun
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At the height of a cinema career that spanned some 28 films and three marriages, Bardot came to symbolize a nation bursting out of bourgeois respectability.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Dec. 2025
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Not middle-aged adults with three past marriages and two homes between them.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
28 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Amma, who had not seen a member of her family since marrying my father almost fourteen years earlier, ran to her brother, Vinny Uncle, pressed a carton of Marlboro Reds into his pocket, then squeezed my cousin Narayan like a lemon and filled his hands with chocolate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Vanna White is officially off the market after marrying longtime partner John Donaldson in a private ceremony.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Wedding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedding. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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