noun (countable) · informal
wedding
/ˈwedɪŋ/WED·ding
Band 5-6speakingtask1task2
a ceremony in which two people get married and sometimes the celebration after it
Examples
“They invited all their friends to the wedding.”
“We booked a hall for the wedding reception.”
“She wore a simple dress to the wedding.”
Band 8 sentence
“They chose an intimate wedding with close family because they preferred meaningful moments to a large, showy celebration.”
Collocations
- wedding ceremony
- wedding reception
- have a wedding
Word family
wed verbwedded adjective/verb
Common mistakes
make a wedding→have/hold a wedding
attend wedding without article→attend the wedding / attend a wedding
Say it for a higher band
5do a wedding→6have a ceremony→7+wedding
Synonyms
nuptials
Easily confused
marriage
“They have been in a happy marriage for twenty years.”
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