wedding 1 of 2

as in marriage
a ceremony in which two people are united in matrimony the couple chose to have a garden wedding

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wedding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of wed
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
Noun
But for one Reddit user, a second wedding anniversary became a painful reminder of unequal effort. Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Although the series concluded in April, Isaacs made sure, for instance, to appear at his on-screen son Patrick's wedding. Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
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 See All Example Sentences for wedding
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedding
Noun
  • To me, jobs in this industry feel like a bunch of little marriages.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The notion of destroying marriages and undoing family relationships would be extremely difficult for the Court to justify.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But outside of the ring, Christy hides and represses her lesbianism and winds up marrying her trainer Jim Martin (Ben Foster), who manipulates and physically abuses her.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This fall, the Louis Vuitton men’s creative director examines the transatlantic cultural exchange that was central to classic collegiate style, marrying rowing aesthetics with dandyism.
    Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Wedding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedding. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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