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UK
/swˈeə/
]
[ US /ˈswɛɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈswɛɹ/ ]
VERB
- make a deposition; declare under oath
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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 -
to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Before God I swear I am innocent -
utter obscenities or profanities
The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street - promise solemnly; take an oath
How To Use swear In A Sentence
- I couldn't swear to it, what with scissors snipping and buzzers buzzing, but I think the young lad was asking his dad why you still needed a haircut when you were going bald.
- I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler. Socrates
- 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.
