(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ to do something, you make a serious promise or decision that you will do it.
While many models ~ to go back to college, few do...
I solemnly ~ed that someday I would return to live in Europe...
‘I’ll kill him,’ she ~ed...
They have ~ed a quick and decisive response.
VERB: V to-inf, V that, V with quote, V n
2.
A ~ is a serious promise or decision to do a particular thing.
I made a silent ~ to be more careful in the future...
N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N that
3.
Vows are a particular set of serious promises, such as the promises two people make when they are getting married.
He had broken his ~ of poverty.
N-COUNT: usu pl, with supp