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- Dictionaryvow/vaʊ/
noun
- 1. a solemn promise.
verb
- 1. solemnly promise to do a specified thing: "the rebels vowed to continue fighting"
- 2. dedicate to someone or something, especially a deity: archaic "I vowed myself to this enterprise"
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The meaning of VOW is a solemn promise or assertion; specifically : one by which a person is bound to an act, service, or condition. How to use vow in a sentence.
VOW definition: 1. to make a determined decision or promise to do something: 2. a serious promise or decision: 3…. Learn more.
noun. 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.
To vow is to make an earnest promise or pledge. People getting married often vow to stick together “till death do us part,” while a presidential candidate might vow to lower taxes. You can use vow as both a noun and a verb: A vow is a solemn declaration; to vow is the act of making that promise.
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. I had to admire David's vow that he would leave the programme.
VOW meaning: 1. to make a determined decision or promise to do something: 2. a serious promise or decision: 3…. Learn more.
1. a solemn or earnest pledge or promise binding the person making it to perform a specified act or behave in a certain way: marriage vows. 2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) 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. 3.
1. If you vow to do something, you make a serious promise or decision that you will do it. [...] 2. A vow is a serious promise or decision to do a particular thing. [...] 3. Vows are a particular set of serious promises, such as the promises two people make when they are getting married. [...]
vow. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Christianity vow1 /vaʊ/ noun [countable] 1 a serious promise → oath Jim made a vow that he would find his wife’s killer. 2 a religious promise that you will do something for God, the church etc a monk who had taken a vow of poverty 3 → vows COLLOCATIONS verbs make a vow ...
verb. /vaʊ/ Verb Forms. to make a formal and serious promise to do something or a formal statement that is true. vow to do something She vowed never to speak to him again. vow (to somebody) (that)… He vowed (that) he had not hurt her. vow something They vowed eternal friendship. + speech ‘I'll be back,’ she vowed. Extra Examples.
