[ UK /swˈe‍ə/ ]
[ US /ˈswɛɹ/ ]
VERB
  1. make a deposition; declare under oath
  2. have faith or confidence in
    You can bet on that!
    Look to your friends for support
    Depend on your family in times of crisis
    you can count on me to help you any time
  3. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
    Before God I swear I am innocent
  4. utter obscenities or profanities
    The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
  5. promise solemnly; take an oath
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How To Use swear In A Sentence

  • Some menswear shops do sell more imaginative clothes - but the assistants have rarely met any customers over the age of 36.
  • Her enthusiasm was undimmed by the paucity of choice on the high street at the time: 'My mum used to shop in menswear shops. Times, Sunday Times
  • Some newspapers still refuse to print certain swear words.
  • If we fell in love again I swear I'd love you right.
  • Broadcast watchdogs have censured him for swearing on his former BBC Radio 1 afternoon show.
  • As well as knitwear, accessories, bags and jewellery in the womenswear department, the store also offers lingerie and sleepwear to suit all mums.
  • Gone was the staid decor and mahogany wood typical of the menswear shops on Shaftesbury Avenue. Times, Sunday Times
  • They put this view into practice quite straightforwardly, avoided ostentatious clothing and wealth, refused to swear oaths in court, to bear arms or to defend themselves.
  • So what interest has a purveyor of haute couture and 10,000 handbags have in a sportswear company? Times, Sunday Times
  • And I may not be an expert, but I could swear it is far quieter within the protective leafy screen.
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