bride
noun
Simple meaning
A woman participant in her own marriage ceremony.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
brydIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbɹaɪd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A woman participant in her own marriage ceremony
Used this way, bride is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in family or home contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Formal and ceremonial
- Usage feel
- Formal and precise
Where it naturally appears
- Family/home
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More ways to use bride
- “The beautiful bride walked down the aisle in a stunning white dress.”
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Word family
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Related to A woman participant in her own marriage ceremony.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A wedding present to the bride.
Money or property given (in some societies) by the bridegroom to the family of his bride.
A woman who is engaged to be married.
Bride of a serviceman during wartime.
Related words
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An unmarried woman who attends the bride at a wedding.
A gown worn by the bride at a wedding.
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