wedding.
A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
Meaning & usage
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."
The joining of two or more parts.
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.
To participate in a wedding.
Where this word comes from
A conversion of wedding (noun) to a verb.
present participle and gerund of wed
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.