oath

[US]/əʊθ/
[UK]/oʊθ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. solemn promise; curse or swearing.

Phrases & Collocations

take an oath

swear an oath

break an oath

keep an oath

oath of office

under oath

on oath

hippocratic oath

Example Sentences

an oath of allegiance

an oath of fealty and liege homage.

they took an oath of allegiance to the king.

They swore an oath of loyalty to the country.

he swore a solemn oath to keep faith.

The judge received their oath of allegiance.

He swore an oath to support the king.

I administer the oath to him.

he forced them to swear an oath of loyalty to him.

Is she prepared to give evidence on oath?

An oath was administered to the newly elected President.

They swore an oath to carry out their duties faithfully.

William's advisers exacted an oath of obedience from the clergy.

a witness who lied under oath;

He swore his oath of allegiance to the queen.See Synonyms at promise

He hurled a few oaths at his wife.

Evidence is given on oath and witnesses are subject to cross-examination.

But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and taunt you for your Faith,- fight ye the chiefs of Unfaith: for their oaths are nothing to them: that thus they may be restrained.

A beneficed Anglican clergyman who refused to take the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy to William and Mary and their successors after the Glorious Revolution of1688.

I take the official oath today.with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules(Abraham Lincoln.

Real-world Examples

My dad administered the oath of office.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

He took an oath to give up smoking.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

You're under oath, and that oath counts.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

That you take this oath, an obligation freely without any mental reservation.

Source: NPR News December 2012 Compilation

Are you willing to take the oath?

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2023 Collection

I took an oath upon my life.

Source: "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" Original Soundtrack

" And break your oath" ? he snarled. " Like me" ?

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

Did you ever take an oath? inquired the judge.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 4

I gave my blood oath to take him in.

Source: Lost Girl Season 4

There are no oaths at Baird.

Source: Classic movies

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