CEREMONY


Meaning of CEREMONY in English

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.

N-COUNT

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.

N-UNCOUNT : usu with N

3.

If you do something without ceremony , you do it quickly and in a casual way.

‘Is Hilton here?’ she asked without ceremony.

N-UNCOUNT : without N

4.

see also master of ceremonies

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