vow
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- assurance hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make a vow; promise
He vowed never to drink alcohol again
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
dedicate to a deity by a vow
Types & categories
- dedicate hypernym
Related & opposite
- consecration derivation
- consecration derivation
- vow derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vow |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | assurance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vower |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pledge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plight |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | profess |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | swear |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | consecration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | consecration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vow |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dedicate |