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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"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
}