{
    "term": "vow",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "vow",
            "heSheIt": "vows"
        },
        "pastSimple": "vowed",
        "pastParticiple": "vowed",
        "ingForm": "vowing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a formal and serious promise to do something or a formal statement that is true",
            "sensetop": "vow to do somethingvow (to somebody) (that)…vow something+ speech",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She vowed never to speak to him again.",
                    "contextForm": "vow to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He vowed (that) he had not hurt her.",
                    "contextForm": "vow (to somebody) (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They vowed eternal friendship.",
                    "contextForm": "vow something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I'll be back,’ she vowed.",
                    "contextForm": "+ speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He silently vowed vengeance on them all."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I vowed never to drink so much again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She vowed to herself that she would not show any emotion."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["quietly", "silently"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "vow never to do something",
                    "vow revenge",
                    "vow revenge against somebody"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vaʊ/",
                "audio": "vo/vow/vow__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vaʊz/",
                "audio": "vo/vow/vows__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vaʊd/",
                "audio": "vo/vow/vowed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaʊɪŋ/",
                "audio": "vo/vow/vowing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vaʊ/",
                "audio": "vo/vow/vow__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vaʊz/",
                "audio": "vo/vow/vows__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/vaʊd/",
                "audio": "vo/vow/vowed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvaʊɪŋ/",
                "audio": "vo/vow/vowing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}