transcription, транскрипция: [ serɪməni, AM -moʊni ]
( ceremonies)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
...his grandmother’s funeral, a private ceremony attended only by the family...
Today’s award ceremony took place at the British Embassy in Tokyo.
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2.
Ceremony consists of the special things that are said and done on very formal occasions.
The Republic was proclaimed in public with great ceremony.
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3.
If you do something without ceremony , you do it quickly and in a casual way.
‘Is Hilton here?’ she asked without ceremony.
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see also master of ceremonies