What is other words for “wedding”? [on hold]
As I said, I am not a native, so idioms are really hard for me to grasp. Some are almost the same with my mother-tongue, others... not so much. And even more difficult when my boss is so strict.
Thesaurus can only helped for so much. I need human help.
Please give me at least five more idioms for "Wedding" besides "tying the knot". Thank you before.
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As I said, I am not a native, so idioms are really hard for me to grasp. Some are almost the same with my mother-tongue, others... not so much. And even more difficult when my boss is so strict.
Thesaurus can only helped for so much. I need human help.
Please give me at least five more idioms for "Wedding" besides "tying the knot". Thank you before.
idioms vocabulary
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The online thesaurus I looked in gave many more than 5 options...
– Jim
2 days ago
yes, but what I was looking for wasn't synonym, but some phrase that meant "wedding".
– incognito
2 days ago
Do you mean another word for the ceremony (noun) wedding? Or another phrase meaning “to get married” like your “tie the knot”? If the latter, the thesaurus gives plenty of those: “get hitched” “take the plunge” “walk down the aisle” “get spliced” etc...
– Jim
2 days ago
yeah, like that. Thank you. Isn't "get hitched" means the same as "hooking up"?
– incognito
yesterday
No! “getting hitched” means getting married.
– Jim
yesterday
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As I said, I am not a native, so idioms are really hard for me to grasp. Some are almost the same with my mother-tongue, others... not so much. And even more difficult when my boss is so strict.
Thesaurus can only helped for so much. I need human help.
Please give me at least five more idioms for "Wedding" besides "tying the knot". Thank you before.
idioms vocabulary
As I said, I am not a native, so idioms are really hard for me to grasp. Some are almost the same with my mother-tongue, others... not so much. And even more difficult when my boss is so strict.
Thesaurus can only helped for so much. I need human help.
Please give me at least five more idioms for "Wedding" besides "tying the knot". Thank you before.
idioms vocabulary
idioms vocabulary
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The online thesaurus I looked in gave many more than 5 options...
– Jim
2 days ago
yes, but what I was looking for wasn't synonym, but some phrase that meant "wedding".
– incognito
2 days ago
Do you mean another word for the ceremony (noun) wedding? Or another phrase meaning “to get married” like your “tie the knot”? If the latter, the thesaurus gives plenty of those: “get hitched” “take the plunge” “walk down the aisle” “get spliced” etc...
– Jim
2 days ago
yeah, like that. Thank you. Isn't "get hitched" means the same as "hooking up"?
– incognito
yesterday
No! “getting hitched” means getting married.
– Jim
yesterday
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The online thesaurus I looked in gave many more than 5 options...
– Jim
2 days ago
yes, but what I was looking for wasn't synonym, but some phrase that meant "wedding".
– incognito
2 days ago
Do you mean another word for the ceremony (noun) wedding? Or another phrase meaning “to get married” like your “tie the knot”? If the latter, the thesaurus gives plenty of those: “get hitched” “take the plunge” “walk down the aisle” “get spliced” etc...
– Jim
2 days ago
yeah, like that. Thank you. Isn't "get hitched" means the same as "hooking up"?
– incognito
yesterday
No! “getting hitched” means getting married.
– Jim
yesterday
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The online thesaurus I looked in gave many more than 5 options...
– Jim
2 days ago
The online thesaurus I looked in gave many more than 5 options...
– Jim
2 days ago
yes, but what I was looking for wasn't synonym, but some phrase that meant "wedding".
– incognito
2 days ago
yes, but what I was looking for wasn't synonym, but some phrase that meant "wedding".
– incognito
2 days ago
Do you mean another word for the ceremony (noun) wedding? Or another phrase meaning “to get married” like your “tie the knot”? If the latter, the thesaurus gives plenty of those: “get hitched” “take the plunge” “walk down the aisle” “get spliced” etc...
– Jim
2 days ago
Do you mean another word for the ceremony (noun) wedding? Or another phrase meaning “to get married” like your “tie the knot”? If the latter, the thesaurus gives plenty of those: “get hitched” “take the plunge” “walk down the aisle” “get spliced” etc...
– Jim
2 days ago
yeah, like that. Thank you. Isn't "get hitched" means the same as "hooking up"?
– incognito
yesterday
yeah, like that. Thank you. Isn't "get hitched" means the same as "hooking up"?
– incognito
yesterday
No! “getting hitched” means getting married.
– Jim
yesterday
No! “getting hitched” means getting married.
– Jim
yesterday
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"Wedding" refers to the event itself - the ceremony, the party, the drunken fights. So that's your clue. Synonyms will be things like wedding ceremony, the big day, the big occasion, etc. I don't believe there are many other words for the actual wedding ceremony. As in, "This weekend, I'll be the best man at my brother's wedding." (There is both nuptials and marriage ceremony, but those are uncommon, and out of use.)
"Marriage" isn't a synonym because that's the relationship of the two people - a legal / social concept, not an event.
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Actually, marriage means both the state and the event, so in that sense it can be a synonym to wedding - see for example meaning #2 here: collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/marriage
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Ah hah - true! Interesting - it seems like it is has a more specific meaning there. I.e., "Does anyone oppose this marriage...?" That's very specifically the event, the creation of the new legal entity. Whereas the wedding is the whole party, food, and dancing ... and the actual marriage too.
– Johnny
2 days ago
That's just an example. AHD has the following example sentence: Where is the marriage to take place? which completely synonymous to Where is the wedding to take place?.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Nah, I still disagree. :-) That sounds indeed like marriage ceremony, i.e., "The wedding will be split over two locations: It will start at the old Catholic church for the marriage ceremony and then finish at the pool hall for the reception."
– Johnny
2 days ago
Well, then you disagree with a well-respected dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
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"Wedding" refers to the event itself - the ceremony, the party, the drunken fights. So that's your clue. Synonyms will be things like wedding ceremony, the big day, the big occasion, etc. I don't believe there are many other words for the actual wedding ceremony. As in, "This weekend, I'll be the best man at my brother's wedding." (There is both nuptials and marriage ceremony, but those are uncommon, and out of use.)
"Marriage" isn't a synonym because that's the relationship of the two people - a legal / social concept, not an event.
New contributor
Actually, marriage means both the state and the event, so in that sense it can be a synonym to wedding - see for example meaning #2 here: collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/marriage
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Ah hah - true! Interesting - it seems like it is has a more specific meaning there. I.e., "Does anyone oppose this marriage...?" That's very specifically the event, the creation of the new legal entity. Whereas the wedding is the whole party, food, and dancing ... and the actual marriage too.
– Johnny
2 days ago
That's just an example. AHD has the following example sentence: Where is the marriage to take place? which completely synonymous to Where is the wedding to take place?.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Nah, I still disagree. :-) That sounds indeed like marriage ceremony, i.e., "The wedding will be split over two locations: It will start at the old Catholic church for the marriage ceremony and then finish at the pool hall for the reception."
– Johnny
2 days ago
Well, then you disagree with a well-respected dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
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"Wedding" refers to the event itself - the ceremony, the party, the drunken fights. So that's your clue. Synonyms will be things like wedding ceremony, the big day, the big occasion, etc. I don't believe there are many other words for the actual wedding ceremony. As in, "This weekend, I'll be the best man at my brother's wedding." (There is both nuptials and marriage ceremony, but those are uncommon, and out of use.)
"Marriage" isn't a synonym because that's the relationship of the two people - a legal / social concept, not an event.
New contributor
Actually, marriage means both the state and the event, so in that sense it can be a synonym to wedding - see for example meaning #2 here: collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/marriage
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Ah hah - true! Interesting - it seems like it is has a more specific meaning there. I.e., "Does anyone oppose this marriage...?" That's very specifically the event, the creation of the new legal entity. Whereas the wedding is the whole party, food, and dancing ... and the actual marriage too.
– Johnny
2 days ago
That's just an example. AHD has the following example sentence: Where is the marriage to take place? which completely synonymous to Where is the wedding to take place?.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Nah, I still disagree. :-) That sounds indeed like marriage ceremony, i.e., "The wedding will be split over two locations: It will start at the old Catholic church for the marriage ceremony and then finish at the pool hall for the reception."
– Johnny
2 days ago
Well, then you disagree with a well-respected dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
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show 1 more comment
"Wedding" refers to the event itself - the ceremony, the party, the drunken fights. So that's your clue. Synonyms will be things like wedding ceremony, the big day, the big occasion, etc. I don't believe there are many other words for the actual wedding ceremony. As in, "This weekend, I'll be the best man at my brother's wedding." (There is both nuptials and marriage ceremony, but those are uncommon, and out of use.)
"Marriage" isn't a synonym because that's the relationship of the two people - a legal / social concept, not an event.
New contributor
"Wedding" refers to the event itself - the ceremony, the party, the drunken fights. So that's your clue. Synonyms will be things like wedding ceremony, the big day, the big occasion, etc. I don't believe there are many other words for the actual wedding ceremony. As in, "This weekend, I'll be the best man at my brother's wedding." (There is both nuptials and marriage ceremony, but those are uncommon, and out of use.)
"Marriage" isn't a synonym because that's the relationship of the two people - a legal / social concept, not an event.
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Actually, marriage means both the state and the event, so in that sense it can be a synonym to wedding - see for example meaning #2 here: collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/marriage
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Ah hah - true! Interesting - it seems like it is has a more specific meaning there. I.e., "Does anyone oppose this marriage...?" That's very specifically the event, the creation of the new legal entity. Whereas the wedding is the whole party, food, and dancing ... and the actual marriage too.
– Johnny
2 days ago
That's just an example. AHD has the following example sentence: Where is the marriage to take place? which completely synonymous to Where is the wedding to take place?.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Nah, I still disagree. :-) That sounds indeed like marriage ceremony, i.e., "The wedding will be split over two locations: It will start at the old Catholic church for the marriage ceremony and then finish at the pool hall for the reception."
– Johnny
2 days ago
Well, then you disagree with a well-respected dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
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show 1 more comment
Actually, marriage means both the state and the event, so in that sense it can be a synonym to wedding - see for example meaning #2 here: collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/marriage
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Ah hah - true! Interesting - it seems like it is has a more specific meaning there. I.e., "Does anyone oppose this marriage...?" That's very specifically the event, the creation of the new legal entity. Whereas the wedding is the whole party, food, and dancing ... and the actual marriage too.
– Johnny
2 days ago
That's just an example. AHD has the following example sentence: Where is the marriage to take place? which completely synonymous to Where is the wedding to take place?.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Nah, I still disagree. :-) That sounds indeed like marriage ceremony, i.e., "The wedding will be split over two locations: It will start at the old Catholic church for the marriage ceremony and then finish at the pool hall for the reception."
– Johnny
2 days ago
Well, then you disagree with a well-respected dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Actually, marriage means both the state and the event, so in that sense it can be a synonym to wedding - see for example meaning #2 here: collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/marriage
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Actually, marriage means both the state and the event, so in that sense it can be a synonym to wedding - see for example meaning #2 here: collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/marriage
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Ah hah - true! Interesting - it seems like it is has a more specific meaning there. I.e., "Does anyone oppose this marriage...?" That's very specifically the event, the creation of the new legal entity. Whereas the wedding is the whole party, food, and dancing ... and the actual marriage too.
– Johnny
2 days ago
Ah hah - true! Interesting - it seems like it is has a more specific meaning there. I.e., "Does anyone oppose this marriage...?" That's very specifically the event, the creation of the new legal entity. Whereas the wedding is the whole party, food, and dancing ... and the actual marriage too.
– Johnny
2 days ago
That's just an example. AHD has the following example sentence: Where is the marriage to take place? which completely synonymous to Where is the wedding to take place?.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
That's just an example. AHD has the following example sentence: Where is the marriage to take place? which completely synonymous to Where is the wedding to take place?.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Nah, I still disagree. :-) That sounds indeed like marriage ceremony, i.e., "The wedding will be split over two locations: It will start at the old Catholic church for the marriage ceremony and then finish at the pool hall for the reception."
– Johnny
2 days ago
Nah, I still disagree. :-) That sounds indeed like marriage ceremony, i.e., "The wedding will be split over two locations: It will start at the old Catholic church for the marriage ceremony and then finish at the pool hall for the reception."
– Johnny
2 days ago
Well, then you disagree with a well-respected dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
Well, then you disagree with a well-respected dictionary.
– michael.hor257k
2 days ago
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The online thesaurus I looked in gave many more than 5 options...
– Jim
2 days ago
yes, but what I was looking for wasn't synonym, but some phrase that meant "wedding".
– incognito
2 days ago
Do you mean another word for the ceremony (noun) wedding? Or another phrase meaning “to get married” like your “tie the knot”? If the latter, the thesaurus gives plenty of those: “get hitched” “take the plunge” “walk down the aisle” “get spliced” etc...
– Jim
2 days ago
yeah, like that. Thank you. Isn't "get hitched" means the same as "hooking up"?
– incognito
yesterday
No! “getting hitched” means getting married.
– Jim
yesterday