wedding gift

collocation in English

meaningsofweddingandgift

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wedding
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwed.ɪŋ/us
/ˈwed.ɪŋ/
a marriage ceremony and any celebrations such as a meal or a party that ...
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gift
noun
uk
/ɡɪft/us
/ɡɪft/
a present or something that ...
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(Definition ofweddingandgiftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She then looks through the house trying to find theweddinggift.
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Stys gave a house to his niece as aweddinggift.
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Her intention was to occupy the house while turning over her original home to her newly married son as aweddinggift.
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It was often presented as aweddinggift.
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As aweddinggift, he made her a serpentine chest of drawers and matching dressing table mirror incorporating their initials and the year 1789.
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It was the first time that a naming commemorated a wedding and was given as aweddinggift.
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She too is the victim of a trick: he shows her affection and presents her aweddinggift, a mysterious surprise.
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He built the home as aweddinggiftfor his daughter and new son-in-law.
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Local villagers often bought them as aweddinggift; passing them down generation to generation at weddings.
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He promised her anything she desired as aweddinggift; to his surprise, she asked him for fencing lessons.
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The most successful couple will win both a dream holiday and their own personalisedweddinggiftlist.
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Intended as aweddinggiftfor his wife, it served as his private residence until 1956, when it was converted to a restaurant.
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Soon, a tenant sent a man to get a whether to give as aweddinggift.
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Her father, whose work as mintmaster had made him quite wealthy, gave the couple 500 in colonial currency as aweddinggift.
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The book quickly became a popularweddinggiftto young women of the era, as it was an instruction manual for marriage.
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Gifts are never obligatory, and if one is brought, it should be small and less expensive than a typicalweddinggift.
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Also, in the first episode, the main characters were given a house, but they had already received the house as aweddinggift, in the film.
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That elephant is aweddinggift!
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In his autobiography he wrote that he began his foray into photography when he received a camera for aweddinggiftand began taking pictures on his honeymoon.
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