wedded also wed; wedding
1
: to take for wife or husband by a formal ceremony : marry
2
: to join in marriage
3
: to unite as if by marriage: such as
a
: to place in close or intimate association
films that made me conscious of the power of wedding image to music—
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b
: to link by commitment or custom
was wed to the old ways
: to enter into matrimony
wedder
noun
Examples of wed in a Sentence
They will wed in the fall.
The actress wed her fourth husband last year.
The novel weds tragedy and comedy.
His new writing job wedded his love of words and his eye for fashion.
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China is less wedded to a single paradigm and invests heavily in alternative approaches.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
That made sense: Perry was also more wedded to melody than rhythm.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
The Dane is unlikely to to face the kind of criticism levelled at Tottenham’s Ange Postecoglou, or Southampton’s Russell Martin, who have both been accused of being too wedded to their principles.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
The books detail Ditlevsen’s hardscrabble childhood, her flourishing early career as a poet and her catastrophic addictions, which left her wedded to a psychotic doctor and hopelessly dependent on opioids by her 30s.
—New York Times, 8 July 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
That made sense: Perry was also more wedded to melody than rhythm.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
The Dane is unlikely to to face the kind of criticism levelled at Tottenham’s Ange Postecoglou, or Southampton’s Russell Martin, who have both been accused of being too wedded to their principles.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
The books detail Ditlevsen’s hardscrabble childhood, her flourishing early career as a poet and her catastrophic addictions, which left her wedded to a psychotic doctor and hopelessly dependent on opioids by her 30s.
—New York Times, 8 July 2024
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“Wed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wed. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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