wedding
part of speech
noun (a wedding, weddings)
meaning for a pupil
1) A wedding is a ceremony and celebration where two people get married. tree →
2) «Wedding anniversary» is the same date every year after a couple married. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and lessons about families and religions, weddings take place in churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, gurdwaras, register offices or outdoors, with different customs: a bride and groom, rings, vows, a cake, speeches, dancing. Children may be bridesmaids, flower girls or page boys. In maths, wedding planning gives problems about seats, tables and costs. Phrases: «go to a wedding», «wedding dress», «wedding ring», «wedding cake», «wedding day».
examples
- My aunt's wedding is next month. tree →
- I was a flower girl at the wedding. tree →
- The wedding cake had four layers. tree →
- They exchanged rings at the wedding. tree →
- We danced all night at the wedding party. tree →
- A Sikh wedding takes place in a gurdwara. tree →
- If each table seats 8 guests, how many tables for 96 guests? tree →
note
Plural: weddings. Double d. Related: marry, marriage, bride, groom. «Wedding» is the event; «marriage» is the relationship that follows. Maths: 96 guests ÷ 8 per table = 12 tables.
In the corpora
- A honeymoon is a holiday a couple takes just after the wedding, to rest and celebrate, just the two of them.
- Being asked to be part of a parent's wedding shows that you are an important part of the new family.
- Cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles, and families spread out, so some cousins only meet at weddings and funerals.
- A golden wedding anniversary means a couple has been married for fifty years.
- The wedding is a fact the whole world watched.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wedding» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.