dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/vow_MW.json
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{
"vow":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": avow , declare":[],
": to bind or consecrate by a vow":[],
": to make a vow":[],
": to promise solemnly : swear":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The monks take a vow of silence.",
"The bride and groom exchanged vows .",
"The mayor made a vow to reduce crime.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Often, artists seek personal discovery and vow to make music endearing to them versus the fans. \u2014 Billboard Staff, Billboard , 14 June 2022",
"Eleven and Mike emotionally say goodbye and vow to see each other over Thanksgiving and Christmas and stay in touch via walkie talkie. \u2014 Brendan Morrow, The Week , 27 May 2022",
"It\u2019s the day that a devoted couple commits to each other and vow to stay together through thick and thin. \u2014 Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping , 26 May 2022",
"Ahead of a summit with Australia, India and Japan, an off-the-cuff vow to defend the island militarily against China complicates diplomacy, particularly for Australia. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"And if any parents reading this are negotiating with kids who are begging for a pet: Make sure to get your 12-year-old\u2019s vow of lifetime dog walks in writing. \u2014 Jane Thier, Fortune , 22 May 2022",
"Elon Musk\u2019s controversial vow to restore free speech to Twitter is likely to be complicated to implement in the United States. \u2014 Gerry Shih, Washington Post , 16 May 2022",
"The test represented North Korean leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s recent vow to ramp up nuclear weapons development. \u2014 Editors, USA TODAY , 11 May 2022",
"This vow to clean up elections stemmed from her experience in 2020 as a presidential election challenger in Detroit. \u2014 Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press , 6 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Disney, Netflix and other Hollywood companies vow to pay travel costs for abortions after Roe vs. Wade decision. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, as the orange flames roar incessantly into the sky, young environmentalists vow to keep up the pressure. \u2014 Anastasia Moloney, The Christian Science Monitor , 25 May 2022",
"Palau also builds upon the Palau Pledge, a commitment established in 2017 that requires visiting tourists to vow to be protective of Palau\u2019s environment and culture. \u2014 Michele Herrmann, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"President Biden stepped in Thursday, too, to vow to increase imports of formula from trade partners like Mexico and the Netherlands and crack down on price gouging at home. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"Professional buddies vow to stay in touch after a job change, but don't. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Professional buddies vow to stay in touch after a job change, but don\u2019t. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"Those individuals vow that Haskins\u2019 legacy of love, humility and determination will continue to positively affect them. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"He was moved to speak, to vow to do better, to demand more from his fellow star teammates. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"He was moved to speak, to vow to do better, to demand more from his fellow star teammates. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 23 Apr. 2022",
"Palau also builds upon the Palau Pledge, a commitment established in 2017 that requires visiting tourists to vow to be protective of Palau\u2019s environment and culture. \u2014 Michele Herrmann, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
"President Biden stepped in Thursday, too, to vow to increase imports of formula from trade partners like Mexico and the Netherlands and crack down on price gouging at home. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 12 May 2022",
"After about 25 hours, Democrats decide to end the sit-in, but vow to continue when Congress returns for their next session. \u2014 CNN , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Professional buddies vow to stay in touch after a job change, but don't. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Professional buddies vow to stay in touch after a job change, but don\u2019t. \u2014 Amy Dickinson, oregonlive , 4 May 2022",
"Those individuals vow that Haskins\u2019 legacy of love, humility and determination will continue to positively affect them. \u2014 Mike Jones, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Russia, one of five permanent members of the Security Council, vetoed the resolution, but UN officials vow to have the General Assembly vote this week. \u2014 Michael Tomasky, The New Republic , 28 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English vowe , from Anglo-French vou , from Latin votum , from neuter of votus , past participle of vov\u0113re to vow; akin to Greek euchesthai to pray, vow, Sanskrit v\u0101ghat sacrificer":"Noun",
"Middle English, short for avowen":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vau\u0307"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"word"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182233",
"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb",
"verb"
]
},
"vowel":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a letter or other symbol representing a vowel":[
"\u2014 usually used in English of a, e, i, o, u , and sometimes y"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The vowel markings in the scroll suggest it was created long after the original book of Esther was written. \u2014 Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Early players couldn't ascertain how those letters might connect to each other (i.e., trying common consonant and vowel combinations). \u2014 Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Specific consonants always appeared at the beginning or end of a word if the word contained a certain vowel . \u2014 Matthew Hutson, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
"English vowel sounds are also different \u2014 broader, lazier and more numerous \u2014 than those in Ukrainian and Russian. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Through phonics, widely adopted in the 1950s, children learn to read and write primarily by putting individual letter and vowel sounds together. \u2014 Sam Roberts, New York Times , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Her characters whisper, shout, elongate a vowel or express rhythmic cadence, allowing language to escape the familiar. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Feb. 2022",
"Two groups have emerged: those who type in vowel -heavy words first and those who go after common consonants. \u2014 Joseph Pisani, WSJ , 11 Jan. 2022",
"That arrangement of three consonants and one vowel has power. \u2014 Washington Post , 29 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French vowele , from Latin vocalis \u2014 more at vocalic":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vau\u0307(-\u0259)l",
"\u02c8vau\u0307-\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-050903",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vowel declension":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a declension characterized by the addition of case endings to a stem that ends in a vowel":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171057",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vowel harmony":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a structural feature of some languages (as Finnish and Turkish) whereby the vowels of the language are divided into two or more classes and affixed morphemes have vowels that vary so as to belong to the same class as that of the morpheme to which they are affixed":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094637",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"voweling":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": vocalism sense 3b":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from gerund of vowel entry 2":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104815",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vowelize":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to furnish with vowel points":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1883, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8vau\u0307-(\u0259-)\u02ccl\u012bz"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222046",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vowelless":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": having no vowels":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062023",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"vowellike":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a vowellike sound":[],
": resembling a vowel especially in sonority and freedom from obstruction in utterance":[
"\\l\\, \\m\\, \\n\\, \\\u014b\\, \\r\\, \\w\\, and \\y\\ are vowellike"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"vowel entry 1 + like":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\""
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115253",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"vowel rhyme":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": assonance sense 1b":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1838, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152358"
},
"vowel point":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mark placed below or otherwise near a consonant in some languages (such as Hebrew) and representing the vowel sound that precedes or follows the consonant sound":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1764, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161930"
},
"vowel sign":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": vowel point":[],
": a shorthand symbol for a vowel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164650"
},
"vowel system":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the system of vowels, vowel sounds, or vowel indications of a language or of a group of related languages":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141807"
},
"vowel triangle":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a triangular or a trapezoidal or trapeziform figure on which vowels are charted according to the position of the part of the tongue that is highest in their articulation":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002728"
}
}