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wedding.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwɛdɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation, US/ˈwedɪŋ/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/Midlands, Northern-England
  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."
  2. The joining of two or more parts.

    idiomatic
    The wedding of our three companies took place last week.
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈwɛdɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation, US/ˈwedɪŋ/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/Midlands, Northern-England
  1. To participate in a wedding.

    humorous · intransitive
Where this word comes from

A conversion of wedding (noun) to a verb.

verb/ˈwɛdɪŋ/Received-Pronunciation, US/ˈwedɪŋ/Australia, New-Zealand/ˈwɛdɪŋɡ/Midlands, Northern-England
  1. present participle and gerund of wed

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
Where this word comes from

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

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