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{
"term": "wedding",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a marriage ceremony, and the meal or party that usually follows it",
"sensetop": "at a weddingwedding to somebody",
"labels": "(especially North American English)(informal)(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I dreamed of **having a** big **wedding**, with all my family and friends."
},
{
"text": "I'm going to a wedding this weekend."
},
{
"text": "Have you been invited to their wedding?"
},
{
"text": "television coverage of the **royal wedding**"
},
{
"text": "I met her at my brother's wedding.",
"contextForm": "at a wedding"
},
{
"text": "Over 300 guests **attended** his **wedding** to his childhood sweetheart.",
"contextForm": "wedding to somebody"
},
{
"text": "a **wedding ceremony/reception**"
},
{
"text": "She looked beautiful on her **wedding day**."
},
{
"text": "a wedding present/gift"
},
{
"text": "All her friends could hear **wedding bells** *(= they thought she would soon get married)*."
},
{
"text": "I work in the wedding industry."
},
{
"text": "The minister was asked to officiate at the wedding."
},
{
"text": "The royal wedding will take place in June."
},
{
"text": "The wedding went off without a hitch."
},
{
"text": "The wedding will be conducted by the local priest."
},
{
"text": "They had a small wedding with close friends and family."
},
{
"text": "We haven't set a wedding date yet."
},
{
"text": "We were choosing what present to buy from the wedding list they'd sent."
},
{
"text": "a ring on her wedding finger"
},
{
"text": "The wedding took place two years ago."
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals", "Life stages"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["church", "registry office", "traditional"],
"verb + wedding": ["have", "go through with", "attend"],
"wedding + verb": ["go ahead", "go off", "take place"],
"wedding + noun": ["day", "night", "invitation"],
"preposition": ["at a/the wedding"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwedɪŋ/",
"audio": "we/wedding/wedding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈwedɪŋ/",
"audio": "we/wedding/wedding__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English weddung (see wed, -ing)."
}