"swore" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /swɔɹ/ [General-American], /swɔː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /swo(ː)ɹ/ (note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /swoə/ (note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger), /swʊɹ/ (note: nonstandard but traditional, several locations), /swʊə/ (note: nonstandard but traditional, several locations) Audio: En-us-swore.ogg [US]
enPR: swôr (note: nonstandard but traditional, several locations), swô (note: nonstandard but traditional, several locations), swōr (note: nonstandard but traditional, several locations), swo͝or (note: nonstandard but traditional, several locations) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} swore
  1. simple past of swear Tags: form-of, past Form of: swear
    Sense id: en-swore-en-verb-wuFnOaMD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (dialectal or colloquial) past participle of swear Tags: colloquial, dialectal, form-of, participle, past Form of: swear
    Sense id: en-swore-en-verb-FKPj37hW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Download JSON data for swore meaning in English (2.7kB)

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