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wed
(wĕd)v. wed·ded, wed or wed·ded, wed·ding, weds
v.tr.
1. To take as a spouse; marry.
2. To perform the marriage ceremony for; join in matrimony.
3. To unite closely: a style that weds form and function.
4. To cause to adhere devotedly or stubbornly: He was wedded to the idea of building a new school.
v.intr.
To take a spouse; marry.
[Middle English wedden, from Old English weddian.]
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wed
(wɛd)vb, weds, wedding, wedded or wed
1. to take (a person) as a husband or wife; marry
2. (tr) to join (two people) in matrimony
3. (tr) to unite closely
[Old English weddian; related to Old Frisian weddia, Old Norse vethja, Gothic wadi pledge]
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wed
(wɛd)v. wed•ded wed, wed•ding. v.t.
1. to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony; take as one's husband or wife.
2. to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry.
3. to bind; attach firmly: to wed oneself to the cause of the poor.
4. to blend; unite.
v.i. 5. to contract marriage; marry.
6. to become united or to blend.
[before 900; Middle English wedden, Old English weddian to pledge, c. Old Frisian weddia, Old High German wettōn, Old Norse vethja to pledge, Gothic gawadjōn to espouse]
we'd
(wid) contraction of we had, we should, or we would.
Wed.
Wednesday.
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wed
Past participle: wed/wedded
Gerund: wedding
| Imperative |
|---|
| wed |
| wed |
| Present |
|---|
| I wed |
| you wed |
| he/she/it weds |
| we wed |
| you wed |
| they wed |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I wed/wedded |
| you wed/wedded |
| he/she/it wed/wedded |
| we wed/wedded |
| you wed/wedded |
| they wed/wedded |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am wedding |
| you are wedding |
| he/she/it is wedding |
| we are wedding |
| you are wedding |
| they are wedding |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have wed/wedded |
| you have wed/wedded |
| he/she/it has wed/wedded |
| we have wed/wedded |
| you have wed/wedded |
| they have wed/wedded |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was wedding |
| you were wedding |
| he/she/it was wedding |
| we were wedding |
| you were wedding |
| they were wedding |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had wed/wedded |
| you had wed/wedded |
| he/she/it had wed/wedded |
| we had wed/wedded |
| you had wed/wedded |
| they had wed/wedded |
| Future |
|---|
| I will wed |
| you will wed |
| he/she/it will wed |
| we will wed |
| you will wed |
| they will wed |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have wed/wedded |
| you will have wed/wedded |
| he/she/it will have wed/wedded |
| we will have wed/wedded |
| you will have wed/wedded |
| they will have wed/wedded |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be wedding |
| you will be wedding |
| he/she/it will be wedding |
| we will be wedding |
| you will be wedding |
| they will be wedding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been wedding |
| you have been wedding |
| he/she/it has been wedding |
| we have been wedding |
| you have been wedding |
| they have been wedding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been wedding |
| you will have been wedding |
| he/she/it will have been wedding |
| we will have been wedding |
| you will have been wedding |
| they will have been wedding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been wedding |
| you had been wedding |
| he/she/it had been wedding |
| we had been wedding |
| you had been wedding |
| they had been wedding |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would wed |
| you would wed |
| he/she/it would wed |
| we would wed |
| you would wed |
| they would wed |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have wed/wedded |
| you would have wed/wedded |
| he/she/it would have wed/wedded |
| we would have wed/wedded |
| you would have wed/wedded |
| they would have wed/wedded |
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Noun 1. [画像:wed - the fourth day of the week]Wed - the fourth day of the week; the third working day
weekday - any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday)
Verb 1. [画像:wed - take in marriage]wed - take in marriage
inmarry - marry within one's own tribe or group; "The inhabitants of this isolated village tend to inmarry"
mismarry - marry an unsuitable partner
marry, splice, wed, tie - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
wive - marry a woman, take a wife
wive - take (someone) as a wife
intermarry - marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group
remarry - marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart"
2. [画像:wed - perform a marriage ceremony]wed - perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii"
officiate - act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"
Adj. 1. [画像:wed - having been taken in marriage]wed - having been taken in marriage
married - joined in matrimony; "a married man"; "a married couple"
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wed
verb
1. get married to, espouse, get hitched to (slang), be united to, plight your troth to (old-fashioned), get spliced to (informal), take as your husband or wife In 1952 he wed his childhood sweetheart.
get married to divorce, separate from, part from, split up from
get married to divorce, separate from, part from, split up from
2. get married, marry, be united, tie the knot (informal), take the plunge (informal), get hitched (slang), get spliced (informal), become man and wife, plight your troth (old-fashioned) The pair wed in a secret ceremony in front of just nine guests.
get married part, split (up), divorce, break up
get married part, split (up), divorce, break up
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wed
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَتَزَوَّج
gifte sig
casarse (con)
avioituaavioliittomennä naimisiinnaidaottaa
házasodik
gifta
めとる結婚する
apprecētapprecētiessalaulātsalaulāties
oženiť sa
evlen mek
wed
[wed] (frm)A. VT to wed sb [bride, bridegroom] → desposarse con algn, casarse con algn; [priest] → desposar a algn, casar a algn
B. VI (o.f.) → desposarse, casarse
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wed
[ˈwɛd] vt [wedded] (pt, pp) → épouser
vi [wed] (pt, pp) → se marier
n
the newly-weds → les jeunes mariés
the newly-weds → les jeunes mariés
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Wed
abbr of Wednesday → Mittw.wed
(old) pret, ptp <wed or wedded>vt
(bride, bridegroom) → ehelichen (form), → sich vermählen mit (form); (priest) → vermählen (form), → trauen
(fig: = combine) → paaren ; his ability wedded to her money should make the business a success → mit seinen Fähigkeiten und ihrem Geld müsste das Geschäft eigentlich ein Erfolg werden
(fig) to be wedded to something (= devoted) → mit etw verheiratet sein; he’s wedded to the view that ... → er ist felsenfest der Ansicht, dass ...
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wed
(wed) – past tense, past participles ˈwedded, ~wed – verb to marry. getroud يَتَزَوَّج женя се casar (com) oženit se, provdat se vermählen gifte sig παντρεύομαι, παντρεύω casarse abielluma ازدواج كردن avioitua marier לְהִתחַתֵן शादी रचाना oženiti se (össze)házasodik menikah gifta(st) sposare, sposarsi 結婚する 결혼하다 tuoktis salaulāt; apprecēt; salaulāties; apprecēties mengahwini, menyatukan huwen gifte seg, ekte poślubić casar (com) a (se) căsători (cu) жениться; выити замуж oženiť sa, vydať sa poročiti (se) venčati se gifta sig สมรส; แต่งงาน evlenmek 結婚 віддавати заміж; одружувати شادی کرنا cưới 结婚
ˈwedding noun a marriage ceremony. The wedding will take place on Saturday; (also adjective) a wedding-cake; her wedding-day; a wedding-ring. troue زَواج сватба casamento svatba, svatební die Hochzeit, Hochzeits-... bryllup; bryllups- γάμος, γαμήλιος boda laulatus, pulm(ad) ازدواج häät mariage, noces חתונה शादी vjenčanje esküvő pernikahan brúðkaup matrimonio; del matrimonio, nuziale 結婚式 결혼 vestuvės laulības; kāzas; laulību-; kāzu- upacara perkahwinan huwelijk bryllup ślub casamento nuntă, ceremonial nupţial свадьба; бракосочетание svadba; svadobný poroka venčanje bröllop, vigsel การสมรส; ก��รแต่งงาน; พิธีสมรส düğün, nikâh 婚禮 весілля; одруження شادی lễ cưới 婚礼
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