1
as in marrying
to give in marriage
the king wished to wed his favorite daughter to the bravest knight in the realm
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2
as in mating
to perform the ceremony of marriage for
the priest usually weds six to eight couples a month
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3
as in tying the knot
to take a spouse
she swore that she would never wed
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4
as in espousing
to take as a spouse
a true romantic, he intends to wed her on Valentine's Day
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Recent Examples of wedding
Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2025
Couples can leave Lebanon to secure civil marriages, but such destination weddings, even in nearby Cyprus, are expensive.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Ranking the 50 best players ever TMZ was the first to break the news, reporting that Raines had attended a wedding in Hammond, La., earlier that night.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Despite the turmoil of war, the number of weddings in Ukraine increased by 7 percent to 2,762 last year compared to 2023, according to Opendatabot, a Ukrainian service for monitoring registration data of the court register.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
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In 2015, the Superman Returns actor mused to the New York Times about the idea of turning the countryside property into a wedding venue catered to those with an idiosyncratic sense of humor that matches her own.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2025
Couples can leave Lebanon to secure civil marriages, but such destination weddings, even in nearby Cyprus, are expensive.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Ranking the 50 best players ever TMZ was the first to break the news, reporting that Raines had attended a wedding in Hammond, La., earlier that night.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Despite the turmoil of war, the number of weddings in Ukraine increased by 7 percent to 2,762 last year compared to 2023, according to Opendatabot, a Ukrainian service for monitoring registration data of the court register.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Wedding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wedding. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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