VOW


Meaning of VOW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vaʊ ]

( vows, vowing, vowed)

1.

If you vow to do something, you make a serious promise or decision that you will do it.

While many models vow to go back to college, few do...

I solemnly vowed that someday I would return to live in Europe...

‘I’ll kill him,’ she vowed...

They have vowed a quick and decisive response.

VERB : V to-inf , V that , V with quote , V n

2.

A vow is a serious promise or decision to do a particular thing.

I made a silent vow 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 vow of poverty.

N-COUNT : usu pl , with supp

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