Meaning & Definition of Ceremony in English
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Ceremony
/sɛrəmoʊni/
noun
1. A formal event performed on a special occasion
- "A ceremony commemorating pearl harbor"
synonym:
- ceremony,
- ceremonial,
- ceremonial occasion,
- observance
2. Any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
- "The ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"
- "He makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"
- "He disposed of it without ceremony"
synonym:
- ceremony
3. The proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
- "An inaugural ceremony"
synonym:
- ceremony
Examples of using
We agreed it would be a small ceremony.
Less than a week after the matriculation ceremony, Tom already had a hundred friends.
They filmed the entire ceremony.