vow

1. 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”

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Other forms of vow

plural

vows·

past tense

vowed·

present participle

vowing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vow

What does vow mean?

vow means "make a vow; promise". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vow?

vow has 1 syllable: vow. In IPA it is /ˈvaʊ/.

What is another word for vow?

Close synonyms include consecrate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vow a common word?

vow is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with vow?

2 words rhyme with vow. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.