wedding

UK: /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ US: /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ ,(wed′ing)

From the verb wed: (⇒ conjugate)

wedding is: ⓘ

v pres p

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wed•ding /ˈwɛdɪŋ/   n. [countable]

1. the act or ceremony of marrying.

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wed•ding  (wed′ing), n. 

1. the act or ceremony of marrying;
   marriage;
   nuptials.
2. the anniversary of a marriage, or its celebration:
   They invited guests to their silver wedding.
3. the act or an instance of blending or joining, esp. opposite or contrasting elements:
   a perfect wedding of conservatism and liberalism.
4. Business a merger.

adj. 

5. of or pertaining to a wedding:
   the wedding ceremony; a wedding dress.

• bef. 900; Middle English; Old English weddung. See wed, -ing¹

Synonyms

• 1. See marriage. 

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wedding / ˈwɛdɪŋ/ noun

1. the act of marrying or the celebration of a marriage
2. (as modifier): wedding day
3. the anniversary of a marriage (in such combinations as silver wedding or diamond wedding)

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wed /wɛd/   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/  

1. Pronouns [contraction.] a shortened form of we had, we should, or
   we would.

Wed.,  an abbreviation of:

1. Wednesday.

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wed  (wed), 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. 

5. to contract marriage;
   marry.
6. 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

Synonyms

• 4. combine, fuse, merge.

we'd  (wēd), 

1. Pronouns contraction of we had, we should, or we would.

Usage

See contraction. 

Wed., 

1. Wednesday.

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wed / wɛd/ verb (weds, wedding, wedded, wed)

1. to take (a person) as a husband or wife; marry
2. (transitive) to join (two people) in matrimony
3. (transitive) to unite closely

Etymology: Old English weddian; related to Old Frisian weddia, Old Norse vethja, Gothic wadi pledge