ceremony
US: /ˈsɛɹəˌmoʊni/
UK: /sˈɛɹɪməni/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
ceremony /'seriməni/- danh từ
- nghi thức, nghi lễ
- sự khách sáo, sự kiểu cách
- there is no need for ceremony between friends: giữa bạn bè với nhau không cần phải khách sáo
- to stand on (upon) ceremony
- (xem) stand
- without ceremony
- tự nhiên không khách sáo
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural ceremonies)1 [C] a public or religious occasion that includes a series of formal or traditional actions: an awards / opening ceremony + a wedding / marriage ceremony
2 [U] formal behaviour; traditional actions and words used on particular formal occasions: The royal guests were welcomed with pomp and ceremony.
Idioms: stand on ceremony (BrE) to behave formally: Please don't stand on ceremony (= Please be natural and relaxed) with me.
without ceremony in a very rough or informal way: He found himself pushed without ceremony out of the house and the door slammed in his face.
See also -
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 rite, observance, solemnity, service, ceremonial, ritual, formality, function; obsequies:
I had to attend my grandmother's funeral ceremony and was absent from school.
2 motions, formalities or formality, conventions or convention, niceties, proprieties, form, protocol; lip-service, appearances, pro formas, etiquette, decorum:
Going through the ceremony is all they want - they don't care what you believe. Please sign even if only for ceremony's sake.
Collocation
1 formal public/religious event
ADJ.
brief, short | quiet, simple | elaborate, glittering | moving, solemn | private, public | formal, important, official, special
an official ceremony to welcome the new director
| opening
the opening ceremony of the Olympic games
| closing | award/awards | civil | cake-cutting, dedication, degree, funeral, graduation, inauguration, initiation, marriage, naming, presentation, prize-giving, signing, swearing-in, tea, unveiling, wedding, wreath-laying
the Japanese tea ceremony
VERB + CEREMONY
conduct, hold, perform
The marriage ceremony was performed by the bishop.
| attend, be present at, take part in
CEREMONY + VERB
take place | mark sth
a special ceremony to mark the end of the war
PREP.
at a/the ~
the guest of honour at the ceremony
| during a/the ~
A lot of people wept during the funeral ceremony.
| in a/the ~
They were married in a simple ceremony.
2 formal behaviour/traditional actions and words
VERB + CEREMONY
stand on
I won't stand on ceremony (= be formal).
PREP.
without ~
Without ceremony, the woman slammed the door shut in my face.
PHRASES
pomp and ceremony
the pomp and ceremony of a royal wedding
| with due/great ceremony
With due ceremony, he took the oath to become president.
Concise dictionary
ceremonies'serɪmənɪnoun
+a formal event performed on a special occasion
+any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way
+the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion
