wedding-day

The couple celebrates their wedding-day with a joyful ceremony.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The day of a wedding: "wedding-day" refers to the specific calendar day on which a marriage ceremony takes place. It is the day when two people are formally united in matrimony.
   • A wedding anniversary: "wedding-day" can also denote the anniversary of that marriage ceremony, celebrated in subsequent years.

Usage Examples

• (The specific day when they got married.)
• (The anniversary of their marriage.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be one's wedding-day": to refer to the day someone gets married.

  • June 15th was their wedding-day, and it was filled with joy. (The day of the marriage ceremony.)

• "to mark one's wedding-day": to celebrate or acknowledge the anniversary of a marriage.

  • The couple marked their 25th wedding-day with a party. (They celebrated the 25th anniversary of their marriage.)

Variants and Related Words

• Wedding (n): the ceremony in which two people are married.
  • The wedding was held in a beautiful church. (The marriage ceremony.)
• Wedding anniversary (n): the annual celebration of a wedding-day.
  • Their wedding anniversary is on the same date every year. (The yearly recurrence of the wedding-day.)
• Wedding dress (n): the gown worn by a bride on her wedding-day.
  • She wore a white wedding dress on her wedding-day. (The outfit for the marriage ceremony.)

Synonyms

• Marriage day: the day of a marriage ceremony.
• Nuptial day: a formal term for the day of a wedding.
• Anniversary: the yearly recurrence of a wedding-day (when used in that sense).

Related Idioms

• "The happiest day of one's life": often used to describe a wedding-day.

  • She said her wedding-day was the happiest day of her life. (The day of her marriage was extremely joyful.)

• "A day to remember": a memorable occasion, often applied to a wedding-day.

  • Their wedding-day was a day to remember for everyone present. (The marriage ceremony was unforgettable.)