English > avow: 2 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
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| Model | They avow that there was a traffic accident |
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| Synonyms | affirm, verify, assert, aver, swan, swear |
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| Narrower | assure, tell | inform positively and with certainty and confidence |
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| attest | authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity |
| claim, take | lay claim to |
| declare | state firmly |
| hold | assert or affirm |
| protest | affirm or avow formally or solemnly |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
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| Spanish | afirmar, asegurar, aseverar, atestar, certificar, corroborar, garantizar, jurar, testimoniar, verificar |
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| Catalan | afirmar, asseverar, corroborar, jurar, verificar |
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| Nouns | avowal | a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something |
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| avower | someone who claims to speak the truth |
