wedding
[noun]
Synonyms: marriage, nuptials, wedlock

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English Thesaurus: wedding, marriage, reception, honeymoo

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

wed‧ding S2 W3 /ˈwedɪŋ/ noun [countable]

1. a marriage ceremony, especially one with a religious service:
She’s busy planning her daughter’s wedding.
When is the wedding?

2. (hear the sound of) wedding bells spoken used to say that you think it is likely that two people will get married

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

wedding
noun
ADJ. church, registry office | royal | white
VERB + WEDDING attend, come to, go to | arrange | invite sb to | conduct The wedding will be conducted by the local vicar.
WEDDING + VERB take place The royal wedding will take place in June.
WEDDING + NOUN day, night | invitation | plans, preparations | date We haven't set a wedding date yet.
dress, gown | clothes, outfit, suit | band, ring She had a plain wedding band on her third finger.
finger a ring on her wedding finger
breakfast, feast | ceremony, service | vows | procession | party, reception | celebrations | speech | cake | gift, present | list We were choosing what present to buy from the wedding list they'd sent.
group, guests, party | album, photographs, video | anniversary | bells (figurative) After going out with her boyfriend for a year, she started talking about wedding bells.
PREP. at a/the ~ I met her at my brother's wedding.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

wedding

go to a wedding (also attend a wedding formal)
I’m going to a wedding on Saturday.
About 100 people attended the wedding.
come to the wedding
She wrote to say she couldn’t come to the wedding.
conduct a wedding formal (=say the official words and perform the actions at a wedding)
Their wedding was conducted by the local priest.
a church wedding
I wanted a church wedding.
a big wedding (=with a lot of guests)
They couldn’t afford a big wedding.
a quiet/small wedding (=with not many guests)
We had a quiet wedding, with just a few close friends and relatives.
a white wedding (=a traditional wedding where the bride wears a white dress)
She had always wanted a white wedding.
a traditional wedding (=at a church, with the bride wearing a white dress)
I wanted a more traditional wedding.
a registry office wedding British English (=at a local government office, not in a church)
They decided to have a registry office wedding.
a civil wedding American English (=a wedding that is not performed by a religious leader)
Only church or civil weddings have full legal status.
sb’s wedding day
She looked beautiful on her wedding day.
sb’s wedding night
They spent their wedding night in a hotel.
sb’s wedding anniversary
They celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary in May.
the wedding ceremony
Her uncle, a priest, conducted the wedding ceremony.
the wedding service (=the ceremony in a church)
It was a beautiful wedding service.
the wedding reception (=the large formal meal or party after a wedding)
Her uncle got drunk at the wedding reception.
the wedding breakfast British English (=the meal after a wedding, usually in the afternoon)
the wedding cake
The bride and groom cut the wedding cake.
a wedding present/gift
He gave them a painting as a wedding present.
a wedding guest
All the wedding guests laughed.
a wedding invitation
They had already sent out all the wedding invitations.
a wedding photograph/picture
my mother’s old wedding photographs

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

wedding a ceremony in which two people get married, especially one with a religious service:
We had our wedding in the local church.
a registry office wedding
marriage a wedding. Marriage is less common and more formal than wedding:
Their marriage will take place in Westminster Abbey.
reception a large formal meal or party after a wedding:
Where will you be having your reception?
honeymoon a holiday taken by two people who have just got married:
We’re going to Barbados for our honeymoon.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

wedding
ˈwedɪŋ
{n. phr.} The twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of a couple; the twenty-fifth anniversary of a business or an association, etc.
"The day after tomorrow is Mom and Dad's silver anniversary," Sue said to her brother. "I hope you have a nice present picked out."/

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲