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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
swear
/swɛə/
verb1 of 2
to make a serious promise to do something
- “I swear to you I will never do it again.”Tatoeba
- “I know it sounds crazy, but I swear it's true.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
adjective2 of 2
Top-heavy; too high.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)