swear

Naija

Alternative forms

• charge 0.62 729, favour 0.59 163, appear 0.57 319, fact 0.57 377, declare 0.56 651, appoint 0.55 314, elect 0.54 160, interested 0.54 43, circulation 0.54 5

Etymology

Borrowed from English swear

Pronunciation

• swɛr

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2680
• Frequency in raw corpus: 154
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 1557

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

swear: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:2)

   E talk sey: ‘Dem no dey gree swear.  — (jw__26978, __no translation__)

   birth certificate or declaration wey di people wey dey apply swear for deir age.  — (hildrights__79, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• charge 0.62 729, favour 0.59 163, appear 0.57 319, fact 0.57 377, declare 0.56 651, appoint 0.55 314, elect 0.54 160, interested 0.54 43, circulation 0.54 5

Antonyms

• charge 0.62 729, favour 0.59 163, appear 0.57 319, fact 0.57 377, declare 0.56 651, appoint 0.55 314, elect 0.54 160, interested 0.54 43, circulation 0.54 5

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

swear: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:9)

   Swear!  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__187, swear.)

   To use Jehovah name swear na serious matter.  — (jw__37838, __no translation__)

2. nsubj-obl:arg (frequency:8)

   I swear to God!  — (ENU_13_School-Life_DG__61, I swear to God!)

   Wetin be ‘Meroz,’ and why dem swear for am?  — (jw__41690, __no translation__)

3. mark (frequency:5)

   Because for Bible, promise be like swear.  — (jw__4705, __no translation__)

   Some of di victims say dem first cari dem go babalawo shrine to swear say dem no go tell police or anybodi wetin dey happen.  — (bbc__91257, __no translation__)

4. nsubj (frequency:5)

   I swear!  — (LAG_16_Calista-Adeola_DG__67, I swear.)

   I swear.  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__178, I swear !)

5. mark-obl:arg (frequency:5)

   Kenya authorities don arrest lawyer wey swear in Odinga  — (bbc__62209, __no translation__)

   Parliament organise special ceremony for Sunday to swear in di Speaker of Parliament, Rt.  — (bbc__80503, __no translation__)

6. ccomp (frequency:2)

   Swear sey you no like me,  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__191, Swear that you don't like me.)

   If you remember, the time wey High Priest Caiaphas use vex tell Jesus sey: ‘I want make you use the God wey no dey die, take swear sey you go tell us whether na you be Christ, God Pikin!’ Even though Jesus know sey dem fit kill am if e gree sey na im be Messiah, e no lie.— Matt.  — (jw__12497, __no translation__)

7. mark-nsubj (frequency:2)

   Evidence wey pikin swear, dem go use am for proceedings wheda na civil or criminal as if sey dem take di evidence for oath.  — (hildrights__377, __no translation__)

   Im say dia investigation wey dem carry find out say McCabe dey tell tori people wetin im no suppose talk even after swear wey im swear, and e do am plenty times.  — (bbc__59075, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• charge 0.62 729, favour 0.59 163, appear 0.57 319, fact 0.57 377, declare 0.56 651, appoint 0.55 314, elect 0.54 160, interested 0.54 43, circulation 0.54 5

Antonyms

• charge 0.62 729, favour 0.59 163, appear 0.57 319, fact 0.57 377, declare 0.56 651, appoint 0.55 314, elect 0.54 160, interested 0.54 43, circulation 0.54 5

Translations

• English: no definition