wedding

wedding
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ church, registry office (BrE)
▪ traditional, white
▪ big, lavish
▪ small
▪ gay, same-sex
▪ Catholic, Jewish, etc.
▪ royal
▪ destination (= in a place far from where you live)
▪ shotgun (= where the bride is pregnant)
VERB + WEDDING
▪ have
▪

They had a small wedding with close friends and family.

▪ go through with
▪ attend, come to, go to
▪ celebrate
▪ arrange, plan
▪ invite sb to
▪ conduct (esp. BrE), officiate at
▪

The wedding will be conducted by the local priest.

▪

The minister was asked to officiate at the wedding.

▪ call off, postpone, stop
WEDDING + VERB
▪ go ahead (esp. BrE), go off (esp. AmE), take place
▪

The wedding went off without a hitch.

▪

The wedding will take place in June.

WEDDING + NOUN
▪ day, night
▪ invitation
▪ plans, preparations
▪ planner
▪ date
▪

We haven't set a wedding date yet.

▪ chapel (esp. AmE), venue
▪ registry
▪ dress, gown
▪ attire (esp. AmE), clothes, outfit, suit
▪ band, ring
▪

She had a plain wedding band on her third finger.

▪ shower (AmE)
▪ ceremony, service
▪ vows
▪ procession
▪ march
▪ party, reception
▪ breakfast (BrE, formal), feast
▪ celebrations
▪ speech (esp. BrE)
▪ cake
▪ gift, present
▪ list (BrE)
▪

We were choosing what present to buy from the wedding list they'd sent.

▪ guests, party
▪ singer (esp. AmE)
▪ photographer
▪ album, photographs, photos, pictures, video
▪ anniversary
▪ bells (figurative)
▪

After going out with her boyfriend for a year, she started talking about wedding bells.

▪ industry
▪

I work in the wedding industry.

PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the wedding
▪

I met her at my brother's wedding.


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