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vow

/vaʊ/noun, verb1 syllable

Vow means: dedicate to a deity by a vow.

Synonyms for vow1

verb, as in dedicate to a deity by a vow

consecrate

What does vow mean?3

verb

1

dedicate to a deity by a vow

2

make a vow; promise“He vowed never to drink alcohol again”

noun

1

a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner“they took vows of poverty”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with vow?21

one syllable

two syllables

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Vow in a sentence

  • With every broken vow, you bring our ideal closer to destruction.FeuDRenais
  • Let us start again, renew our vows, be reborn!carlosalberto
  • I have made a vow never to get married.mailohilohi
  • The vow of a lover is not taken seriously.carlosalberto
  • I now enjoin you to take hands and make your vows.Hybrid
  • Vows of love should not be taken seriously.carlosalberto
  • He vowed to take revenge on those who wronged him.ddnktr
  • Ziri vowed he would work his way out.Amastan

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Forms of vow

as a noun

plural
vows

as a verb

past tense
vowed
present participle
vowing
third-person singular
vows
past participle
vowed