# wedding

Pronunciation: say "WED-ing" /ˈwɛdɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A ritual or ceremony that officially celebrates the beginning of a marriage.
   - Simple: A ceremony in which two people get married.
   - _Hundreds of guests attended the couple's wedding at the lakeside chapel._
   - _She has photographed dozens of weddings over the past decade._
2. The act or result of joining two or more parts together.
   - Simple: The act of joining two or more things together, or the combination that results.
   - _The album achieves a smooth wedding of jazz rhythms and electronic sound._
   - _Successful product design depends on the wedding of beauty and usefulness._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of wed. — present participle and gerund of wed
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of wed, meaning to marry or to join closely together.
   - _After forty years of wedding couples in the little chapel, the old minister could say the vows from memory._
   - _The film works by wedding a simple love story to a sharp look at city politics._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To participate in a wedding, used in a lighthearted or joking way.

## Origin

From Middle English 'wedding', from Old English 'weddung' meaning betrothal or espousal, formed from 'wed' plus the suffix '-ing'. It is related to Middle Dutch 'weddinghe'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wedding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).