often attributive
1
: a marriage ceremony usually with its accompanying festivities : nuptials
2
: an act, process, or instance of joining in close association
3
: a wedding anniversary or its celebration
a golden wedding
Examples of wedding in a Sentence
The wedding will be at 2:00 p.m.
the couple chose to have a garden wedding
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ABC News, 1 May 2026
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ABC News, 1 May 2026
There was a great big wedding celebration and Chunhyang and Mongryong were together for all the years to come.
—Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
The Bezoses’ recent high-profile outings — including a splashy wedding in Venice and a series of appearances at Paris Couture Week in January — have also made the gap between their lifestyle and that of most others more apparent.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
The actress earned her first Oscar nomination as Kym, a former model who is permitted a leave from rehab to attend her sister’s wedding (a towering Rosemarie DeWitt).
—Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
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“Wedding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wedding. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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