vow
/vaʊ/
US pronunciation
American sound/vaʊ/
vow
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short oo vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> vow
Myanmar meaning
ခိုင်မာသော၊ ဘာသာရေး ကတိကဝတ်စကား။ တည်ကြည်လေးနက်စွာ ကတိပြုသည်။ တည်ကြည်လေးနက်စွာ ကြေညာသည်။
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- ‘Among those annual commitments is usually a vow to become more deeply spiritual, more religious perhaps.’
- ‘She has taken with full seriousness in her own life the marriage vow with its commitment to lifelong fidelity.’
- ‘Taking a deep breath, Ace decided to make a vow, a vow to protect Ari even if it meant losing his own life.’
- ‘After marrying his wife Marianna in 1996, he made a second vow - that he would execute the first promise if anything ever happened to her.’
- ‘So it's a new year and, just like last year and the year before, you've taken a solemn vow to lose weight and get fit.’
- ‘Kirkstall was founded as a result of a solemn vow made by Henry de Lacy of Pontefract Castle.’
- ‘Yet she had kept a sacred vow she had made to me many years earlier.’
- ‘Certainly some men who might make good priests cannot in honesty undertake a vow of celibacy, and so are lost.’
- ‘When sober again he takes a solemn vow not to touch alcohol for 20 years.’
- ‘Who would have guessed someone so young could make such a solemn vow and keep it for over fifty years.’
- ‘I have sworn a vow of silence on these matters.’
- ‘Their silence was a vow of commitment stronger than faith.’
- ‘Perhaps the most poignant thing about yesterday's ceremony was that the ability to fulfil that promise had been demonstrated even before the vow was taken.’
- ‘It is one thing for adults to take vows and fulfil them, and quite another when a vow is taken in the name of a child.’
- ‘Although the retreat will not make them monks, they will still be required to take the same strict vows, including no intoxicants and a vow of celibacy.’
- ‘We must understand that salvation is much more than just repeating the words of a vow, however sincere those words may be.’
- ‘The man is single-minded, stubborn even, and it seems odd that after repeatedly resisting the heartfelt pleas of his countrymen, Larsson might renege on his solemn vow.’
- ‘However, he ventured to guess that no one would state that they wanted to give up the search since Alex had made it blatantly obvious that every word of their vow would be broken.’
- ‘Yvonne, 25, and Adrian, 35, made promises to Tyla and a vow to each other.’
- ‘When he had taken his oath of allegiance to become a citizen, it was a solemn and eternal vow to him, equal in weight to his marriage vow.’
Synonyms
swear, promise, give your word, give your promise, guarantee, be determined, undertake, declare, assert, affiance, affirm, assertion, asseveration, assure, consecrate, covenant, cross one's heart, declaration, dedicate, devote, give word of honor, oath, pledge, plight, profession, swear up and down, testify, troth, undertake solemnly, undertaking, vouch, warrant, word of honor
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