What SWORN means
Bound by or as if by an oath.
That is the short version. Read on for how to say SWORN, how to use it, and a quick way to make it stick.
SWORN at a glance
- Word: SWORN
- Part of speech: adj
- Pronunciation: /swɔrn/
- Meaning: Bound by or as if by an oath.
- Example: According to an early tradition became his sworn brother.
Keep this box in view while you read the rest of the page. A short summary like this is often enough for a quick lookup, and the sections below are for when you want the meaning to actually stay with you.
How to say SWORN
Pronunciation: /swɔrn/
Part of speech: adj
Say SWORN out loud a few times. Hearing your own voice say a new word is one of the fastest ways to remember both its sound and its meaning. Try saying it slowly first, then at normal speed, then inside a full sentence. If a part of the pronunciation trips you up, slow down on that part alone before putting the whole word back together.
SWORN in a sentence
According to an early tradition became his sworn brother.
Notice how SWORN fits into that sentence as adj. Try swapping in your own subject and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it does, you have understood the meaning of SWORN, not just memorized it.
Ways to remember SWORN
A new word sticks better when you do something with it, not just read it.
Say it, then use it. Repeat SWORN once, then build one sentence of your own with it today.
Connect it to something you know. Think of a moment from your own week where SWORN could apply, even loosely.
Spell it out. Cover the word, spell SWORN from memory, then check. This catches the letters your eyes skipped over the first time.
Come back tomorrow. A word reviewed a day later is far more likely to stay than one read once and left.
Notice it in the wild. Once you know SWORN, you will start spotting it in things you read. Each time you notice it, the meaning gets a little more solid.
Play a board with SWORN
A definition is easier to keep once you have used the word under a little pressure. Try today's word game, or search for more words like SWORN with the word finder. Missed a word along the way? The vocabulary quiz is a quick way to check what stuck, and missed words come back around for review instead of disappearing.
For teachers and parents
This page works well as a quick reference before a lesson or a homework check. Look up a word, read the definition and example together, then ask the student to build a new sentence with it. A student who can use SWORN correctly in a sentence they made up has learned it. One who can only repeat the definition back has not, yet.
A quick classroom routine: put SWORN on the board, cover the definition, and ask the class to guess the meaning from the example sentence alone. Reveal the real definition after a few guesses. It takes a minute and gets students reasoning about context clues instead of just memorizing.
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The letters in SWORN
- Length: 5 letters
- Vowels: 1 (O)
- Different letters: 5, all different
- First letter: S, last letter: N
Words built from the same letters
- ARSON: Malicious burning to destroy property.
- BROWN: Fry in a pan until it changes color.
- CROWN: The Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy.
- GROWN: Fully developed.
- OWNER: Someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business.
- SNOWY: Covered with snow.
- SONAR: A measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return.
- WORSE: Something inferior in quality or condition or effect.