{
    "term": "wedding",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a marriage ceremony, and the meal or party that usually follows it",
            "sensetop": "at a weddingwedding to somebody",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(informal)(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I dreamed of **having a** big **wedding**, with all my family and friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm going to a wedding this weekend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have you been invited to their wedding?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "television coverage of the **royal wedding**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I met her at my brother's wedding.",
                    "contextForm": "at a wedding"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over 300 guests **attended** his **wedding** to his childhood sweetheart.",
                    "contextForm": "wedding to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **wedding ceremony/reception**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She looked beautiful on her **wedding day**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a wedding present/gift"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All her friends could hear **wedding bells** *(= they thought she would soon get married)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I work in the wedding industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The minister was asked to officiate at the wedding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The royal wedding will take place in June."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wedding went off without a hitch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wedding will be conducted by the local priest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had a small wedding with close friends and family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We haven't set a wedding date yet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were choosing what present to buy from the wedding list they'd sent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a ring on her wedding finger"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wedding took place two years ago."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals", "Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["church", "registry office", "traditional"],
                "verb + wedding": ["have", "go through with", "attend"],
                "wedding + verb": ["go ahead", "go off", "take place"],
                "wedding + noun": ["day", "night", "invitation"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the wedding"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwedɪŋ/",
                "audio": "we/wedding/wedding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈwedɪŋ/",
                "audio": "we/wedding/wedding__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English weddung (see wed, -ing)."
}