we'd

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations strong: /ˈwiːd/, weak: /ˈwid/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(wēd)


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
we'd / wiːd (unstressed) wɪd/
  1. we had or we would
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
wed /wɛd/USA pronunciation   v. [not: be + ~-ing], wed•ded or wed, wed•ding. 
  1. to marry: [+ object]They were wed in July.[no object]They wed in July.

we'd /wid/USA pronunciation  
  1. Pronouns[contraction.]a shortened form of we had, we should, or we would.

Wed.,  an abbreviation of:
  1. Wednesday.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
wed  (wed),USA pronunciation v., wed•ded or wed, wed•ding. 
v.t. 
  1. to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony;
    take as one's husband or wife.
  2. to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock;
    marry.
  3. to bind by close or lasting ties;
    attach firmly:She wedded herself to the cause of the poor.
  4. to blend together or unite inseparably:a novel that weds style and content perfectly.

v.i. 
  1. to contract marriage;
    marry.
  2. to become united or to blend:a building that will wed with the landscape.
  • bef. 900; Middle English wedde, Old English weddian to pledge; cognate with German wetten to bet, Old Norse vethja to pledge
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged combine, fuse, merge.

we'd  (wēd),USA pronunciation 
  1. Pronounscontraction of we had, we should, or we would.
    See contraction. 

Wed., 
  1. Wednesday.

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