Meaning

2 senses
  1. A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.

    Her announcement was quite a surprise, coming a month after she published the words "I hate weddings with a passion and a fury I can only partially explain rationally."

    Hochzeit, Trauung

    сва́дьбаsvádʹba, венча́ниеvenčánije, бракосочета́ниеbrakosočetánije

    весі́лляvesíllja, сва́дьбаsvádʹba, сва́йбаsvájba

    the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

  2. (idiomatic)The joining of two or more parts.

    The wedding of our three companies took place last week.

    1900, Eve Emery Dye, McLoughlin and Old Oregon, 2005 facsimile edition, page 56, That wedding of the fur companies is historic.

    Hochzeit

Examples

1253 sentences
  1. I was invited to their wedding.

    Мене запросили на їхнє весілля.

    ruЯ был приглашён на их свадьбу.

    deIch war zu ihrer Hochzeit eingeladen.

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  2. Tom took off his wedding ring.

    Том зняв своб обручку.

    ruТом снял своё обручальное кольцо.

    deTom nahm seinen Ehering ab.

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  3. Tom took his wedding ring off.

    Том зняв своб обручку.

    ruТом снял своё обручальное кольцо.

    deTom nahm seinen Ehering ab.

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  4. Did anyone sing at your wedding?

    На твоєму весіллі хтось співав?

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  5. Did anybody sing at your wedding?

    На твоєму весіллі хтось співав?

    deHat jemand auf deiner Hochzeit gesungen?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
marriage ceremony:
Русский
By meaning 1
marriage ceremony:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
marriage ceremony:

Origin

From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), e

From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing. Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.

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Forms

plural: weddings
Singularwedding
Pluralweddings

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

48 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wedding ring
  • wedding anniversary
  • a wedding ring
  • his wedding ring
  • her wedding dress
  • at our wedding
  • wedding dress
  • wearing a wedding
  • at your wedding
  • to our wedding
  • their wedding anniversary
  • to their wedding

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wedding — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto