to take (a person) as a husband or wife; marry - (transitive)
to join (two people) in matrimony - (transitive)
to unite closely
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wed•ded /ˈwɛdɪd/USA pronunciation
adj. bound together;
closely connected.
firmly attached to or dedicated and believing in:[often: be + ~ + to]They're wedded to the idea of gun control.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- united, as in matrimony;
married;
of or relating to marriage:wedded bliss.
closely connected.
wed•ded
(wed′id),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025- united in matrimony;
married:the wedded couple; a wedded woman. - of or pertaining to marriage or to those married:the wedded state; wedded happiness.
- attached or dedicated, esp. obstinately or unshakably:a fearless person wedded to a just cause.
- associated or bound together inseparably:form and substance wedded in harmony.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English geweddode. See wed, -ed2
wed /wɛd/USA pronunciation
v. [not: be + ~-ing], wed•ded or wed, wed•ding.
we'd /wid/USA pronunciation
Wed., an abbreviation of:
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to marry: [~ + object]They were wed in July.[no object]They wed in July.
we'd /wid/USA pronunciation
- Pronouns[contraction.]a shortened form of we had, we should, or we would.
Wed., an abbreviation of:
- Wednesday.
wed
(wed),USA pronunciation v., wed•ded or wed, wed•ding.
v.t.
v.i.
we'd (wēd),USA pronunciation
Wed.,
v.t.
- to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony;
take as one's husband or wife. - to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock;
marry. - to bind by close or lasting ties;
attach firmly:She wedded herself to the cause of the poor. - to blend together or unite inseparably:a novel that weds style and content perfectly.
v.i.
- to contract marriage;
marry. - 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
- Pronounscontraction of we had, we should, or we would.
- See contraction.
Wed.,
- Wednesday.
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