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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vow /vaʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment:marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
- Religiona solemn promise that commits oneself to an act, service, or condition:a priest's vow of celibacy.
v. - Religionto make a vow of;
promise by a vow;
pledge or declare solemnly: [~ + object]to vow revenge.[~ + to + verb]He vowed to be on time.[~ + (that) clause]He vowed that he would never drink and drive again.
Idioms- Idioms take vows, to make an official commitment to a religious order.
See -vot-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vow (vou),USA pronunciation n. - a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment:marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
- a solemn promise made to a deity or saint committing oneself to an act, service, or condition.
- a solemn or earnest declaration.
- take vows, to enter a religious order or house.
v.t. - to make a vow of;
promise by a vow, as to God or a saint:to vow a crusade or a pilgrimage. - to pledge or resolve solemnly to do, make, give, observe, etc.:They vowed revenge.
- to declare solemnly or earnestly;
assert emphatically (often fol. by a clause as object):She vowed that she would take the matter to court. - to dedicate or devote by a vow:to vow oneself to the service of God.
v.i. - to make a vow.
- to make a solemn or earnest declaration.
- Latin vōtum, neuter of vōtus, past participle of vovēre to vow
- Anglo-French, Old French vo(u)
- Middle English 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vow /vaʊ/ n - a solemn or earnest pledge or promise binding the person making it to perform a specified act or behave in a certain way
- a solemn promise made to a deity or saint, by which the promiser pledges himself to some future act, course of action, or way of life
- take vows ⇒ to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
vb - (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to pledge, promise, or undertake solemnly: he vowed that he would continue, he vowed to return
- (transitive) to dedicate or consecrate to God, a deity, or a saint
- (tr; usually takes a clause as object) to assert or swear emphatically
- (intransitive) archaic to declare solemnly
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French vou, from Latin vōtum a solemn promise, from vovēre to vowˈvower n |