WEDDING


Meaning of WEDDING in English

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 ~ 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 ~ will be conducted by the local priest.

The minister was asked to officiate at the ~.

▪ call off , postpone , stop

WEDDING + VERB

▪ go ahead ( esp. BrE ), go off ( esp. AmE ), take place

The ~ went off without a hitch.

The ~ will take place in June.

WEDDING + NOUN

▪ day , night

▪ invitation

▪ plans , preparations

▪ planner

▪ date

We haven't set a ~ date yet.

▪ chapel ( esp. AmE ), venue

▪ registry

▪ dress , gown

▪ attire ( esp. AmE ), clothes , outfit , suit

▪ band , ring

She had a plain ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ bells.

▪ industry

I work in the ~ industry.

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the ~

I met her at my brother's ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .