vow
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3.4
- noun
- /vaʊ/
- Formal
- I told her that I made vows to her in sickness and in health, and she's sick.
- make a vow
- take a vow
- break a vow
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Watch on YouTubeIt's a symbol of my vows to you.
- It's a symbol of my vows to you.
- So I declare my vows and my partner will declare their vows.
- And I think people have the sense that once you've made the vow, it should be done.
- After you banished me, I made a solemn vow never to return.
- But when I saw Bruce and Gary take those vows, wow.
- But I'd taken a, a vow of non violence many years before.
- And of course, when we take these vows, we don't care about these things, right?
- I told her that I made vows to her in sickness and in health, and she's sick.
- But there you go, these hollow vows.
- One year passed, but the clouds still remember all our vows.
Examples
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The priest read the couple's wedding vows during the ceremony.
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Those are the vows you wrote for our wedding day.
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Did you ever take a vow to stay in New York?
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And I think people have the sense that once you've made the vow, it should be done.
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It's a symbol of my vows to you.
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They took a vow of silence.
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And in the fall, I'm actually going to exchange marriage vows with my beloved, thank you very much.
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We can renew our vows, babe.
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After you banished me, I made a solemn vow never to return.
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Drizzt remembered a vow he had made when he left the dark elf city.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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1.0
A statement by someone saying they will or will not do something
829
3.3
A promise to support a person, cause, or plan
385
3.6
A formal promise made in a serious or official situation
293
2.7
A written promise that something will meet standards or happen
206
3.7
A serious promise to do or stop doing something
103
3.4
A firm promise to do or not do something
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4.0
A serious promise to tell the truth or keep a secret
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9.9
A serious promise to be loyal, often made before marriage
A serious promise soldiers make to the state or their commander
Antonyms
How Solemn
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word vow comes from the Latin noun votum 'a promise' and is the same root behind words like devotion and vote. So a vow is a formal, often religious, promise.