the act of marrying or the celebration of a marriage (as modifier): wedding day the anniversary of a marriage (in such combinations as silver wedding or diamond wedding)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
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•ding
(wed′ing),USA pronunciation n.
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- the act or ceremony of marrying;
marriage;
nuptials. - the anniversary of a marriage, or its celebration:They invited guests to their silver wedding.
- the act or an instance of blending or joining, esp. opposite or contrasting elements:a perfect wedding of conservatism and liberalism.
- Businessa merger.
adj.
- of or pertaining to a wedding:the wedding ceremony; a wedding dress.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English weddung. See wed, -ing1
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See marriage.
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.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
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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