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a stag night

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an official announcement in church that two people intend to get married

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the male friend who helps a bridegroom at his wedding

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an old word meaning ‘engagement’ to get married

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an old word meaning ‘the person you are engaged to’

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things for the house that a woman collects before she gets married

adjective

relating to a bride (=a woman getting married) or a wedding

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people at a wedding who arrive or sit with the bride, for example her parents and bridesmaids

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a party for a woman who will soon be getting married, at which she receives presents

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a woman who is getting married, or who has recently married

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a man who is getting married, or who has recently married. The bridegroom is often simply called the groom.

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a girl or young woman who helps a bride before and during her wedding

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a woman who is going to be married

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a woman who is planning her own wedding in such a thorough and enthusiastic way that her behaviour seems extreme and unreasonable to other people

noun

a stag night

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a marriage performed by a state official, not a religious official

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a ceremony similar to a wedding for two people who are of the same sex

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a ceremony similar to a wedding for two people who are of the same sex or for two people who choose not to marry each other

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small pieces of coloured paper that people throw in the air to celebrate a wedding

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money and property that, in some cultures, a woman’s family gives to her husband when they get married

adjective

if two people are engaged, they have formally agreed to get married

noun

a formal agreement to get married

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the period during which two people are engaged to be married

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a ring that a man gives to a woman when they become engaged

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your fiancé is the man you are engaged to and are going to get married to

noun

your fiancée is the woman you are engaged to and are going to get married to

noun

a young girl who carries flowers in a wedding ceremony

adjective

used about a family relationship after you get married

if a man gives a woman away on her wedding day, he leads her towards the man she is going to marry

a village in Scotland near the English border where people went in the past to get married when they were not allowed to marry in England

noun

a bridegroom

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a celebration for a woman who is about to get married, in which only her women friends take part

noun

a holiday that two people take after they get married

verb

to go on a honeymoon

among some South African peoples, a payment given to a woman’s father in return for permission to marry her

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a woman who is not married and is the main bridesmaid at a wedding, helping the woman getting married

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a woman brought from another country to be married, usually in return for a payment to a company that makes such arrangements

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a wedding 1

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an official document stating that two people are married

noun

an official document that two people need in order to marry

noun

the promises that two people make to each other during their wedding ceremony

verb

to perform the ceremony in which two people become husband and wife

verb

to persuade or force someone to become the husband or wife of someone else

to find a husband or wife for someone

noun

a married woman who has special responsibilities to help a bride at her wedding

noun

a man and a woman who have not been married to each other for very long

adjective

concerning marriages or weddings

noun

a wedding ceremony

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a small boy who walks with a bride and helps her at her wedding ceremony

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a boy involved in a formal ceremony, especially a boy who walks with the bride at a wedding

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a decorated cloth used on special occasions, especially weddings

noun

a request to someone to get married to you

verb

to ask someone to get married to you

noun

a present of money inside a red envelope given to your younger relatives who are not married at Chinese New Year or at a Chinese wedding

noun

a registry office

noun

a place in the UK where births, deaths, and marriages are officially recorded and where you can get married without a religious ceremony

noun

a wedding that happens suddenly, because the woman is pregnant

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a party arranged for a woman by her friends, in which they give her presents because she will soon have a baby or get married

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a document allowing two people to get married in a place or at a time that is not usually allowed

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an occasion when a group of men celebrate together because one of them is soon to be married

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clothes and other possessions that a woman collected in the past for when she got married

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the process of getting married, or the state of being married

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a set of promises that people make to each other, for example during a wedding ceremony

noun

a ceremony in which two people get married

noun

relating to a wedding

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bells that are rung to celebrate a wedding at a church

noun

a special meal to which the guests are invited after a wedding

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a special dress, often a long white one, worn by a woman at her wedding

noun

a piece of music traditionally played when a woman arrives at her wedding or when she and her husband leave after it

noun

a wedding at which the woman who is getting married wears a white dress

noun

someone who is with you when you get married and who signs the official document that you sign

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a very important day, especially the day arranged for your wedding

an old phrase meaning ‘to be engaged to be married to someone’

to carry the woman who you have just married through the door of your home

to think that someone will soon get married

to decide on a date for your wedding and tell people about it

to ask someone to marry you

to state as an official legal fact that two people are married

an old phrase meaning ‘to promise to get married to someone’

permission to marry a particular woman

the person who someone plans to marry