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(v)
(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
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(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
(transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
(adj)
Undertaken in accordance with a vow; solemnly promised.
To make a solemn promise (to do something).
(ambitransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
(n)
Anything that assures a certain outcome.
(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
(transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
(law) A member of a jury.
(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
Good luck.
(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
preparation
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
(ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
An attitude or point of view.
(figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
(countable, uncountable) Charming, pleasing qualities.
To bring or transport something to its destination.
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
A man who is about to marry.
A woman who is soon to be married.
A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
(countable) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room.
A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
A female given name from French.
bound by or as if by an oath
(N)
Uh-Huh is a 1983 album by John Cougar Mellencamp and a transition from his early work under the names Johnny Cougar and John Cougar.
A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge.
An assurance or guarantee.
(countable, archaic) A pledge or promise to marry someone.
(countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
(ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.
To give an assurance that something will be done right.
Synonym of reassuring.
(ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
(intransitive) To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word. [(often) with on]
Made certain; promised.
The making of a pledge.
(rare) Filled with or inspiring hope.
(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
(transitive) To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
Guaranteed; secure.
A proposal that has been made.
(adv)
(not comparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
Misspelling of commitment. [The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:]
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
A course of action that a person intends to follow.
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
(degree) To a given extent or degree.
The act by which somebody is reminded of something.