vow

🇺🇸 /vaʊ/ 🇬🇧 /vaʊ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
verb
C1

to make a serious promise to do something

They vow to always help each other.

noun
R

a serious promise to do something, often in religion

The monk made a vow to live simply.

translation

v. to make a serious promise to do something
n. a serious promise to do something, often in religion

Word Forms

3rd Present vows
Past vowed
Perfect vowed
Progressive vowing
Plural vows