vow
verb/vaʊ/
/vaʊ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vow | /vaʊ/ /vaʊ/ |
| he / she / it vows | /vaʊz/ /vaʊz/ |
| past simple vowed | /vaʊd/ /vaʊd/ |
| past participle vowed | /vaʊd/ /vaʊd/ |
| -ing form vowing | /ˈvaʊɪŋ/ /ˈvaʊɪŋ/ |
- 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 ExamplesTopics Life stagesc1- He silently vowed vengeance on them all.
- I vowed never to drink so much again.
- She vowed to herself that she would not show any emotion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quietly
- silently
- to
- vow never to do something
- vow revenge
- vow revenge against somebody
- …
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