wedding
//ˈwɛdɪŋ//
Forms
- Plural
- weddings
- present (v1)
- wedding
- past (v2)
- weddinged
- past participle (v3)
- weddinged
- present participle
- weddinging
- 3rd person singular
- weddings
Definitions
1.A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.
- Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz.
- Rumor has it that there will be a wedding in our village ere the daisies are in bloom.
- After the wedding there was singing and concertina-playing in the laundry till late evening.
2.The joining of two or more parts.
- The wedding of our three companies took place last week.
- The wedding of black brass bands and orchestras to jubilee concert companies was a consolidation that favored both promoters and musicians.
- The wedding of commercial with universal banking would result in more careful project evaluation and selection and a closer monitoring of existing loans.
1.present participle and gerund of wed
2.To participate in a wedding.(humorous)
- Getting married is entirely different than getting weddinged.
- Wasn't he the dude she weddinged with in her "Love All Over Me" vid? Sure was. . .
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1864
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
From Middle English wedding, weddynge, from Old English weddung (“betrothal, espousal”), equivalent to wed + -ing.
Cognate with Middle Dutch weddinghe.