Swear
Meaning of Swear
To make a solemn promise; to use offensive language.
ما معنى كلمة Swear بالعربي؟
يُقسم ويُؤكد
🤬⚖️ يُقسم ويُؤكد بشدة على صحة الكلام أو صدق الوعد؛ يُبذ ويُسب باستخدام كلمات نابية أو غير لائقة اجتماعياً؛ يُؤدي اليمين أمام السلطات القانونية أو الدينية بشكل رسمي؛ تأكيد قوي بكلمات حاسمة لا تحتمل الشك أو التراجع؛ استخدام لغة قاسية للتعبير عن الغضب أو الانزعاج الشديد ⚖️🗣️
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Synonyms & related words
Swear in a sentence
Researchers swear to protect participant data.
Executives swear to the accuracy of filings.
Witnesses swear to tell the truth.
Students do not swear in class.
Origin of Swear
From Old English swerian, a Germanic word.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, swear has two senses. GL staff swear to confidentiality in data handling.
Swear audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word has two very different lives — Swear.
Narrator: Swear, /sweər/, is a verb. It has two main senses — to make a solemn promise or oath, and, quite separately, to use rude or offensive language.
Narrator: It comes from Old English swerian, meaning to take an oath. That original, serious sense of a solemn vow is the older, deeper meaning.
Narrator: In its formal sense, you swear an oath, swear to tell the truth in court, or swear loyalty. To swear by something is to trust it completely.
Narrator: The everyday rude sense came later — to swear is to curse, to use bad language. Don't swear in front of the children, we say. A swear word is a curse word.
Narrator: There is also swear at, meaning to curse directly at someone, and swear by, the trusting sense — I swear by this old recipe.
Narrator: In register, the oath sense is formal and solemn; the cursing sense is everyday and informal, often disapproving. Same word, two very different tones.
Narrator: At its heart, to swear is to speak with force — either a solemn promise, or words let slip in anger.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: My nephew dropped a hammer on his toe and let out a swear word right in front of his gran. She was not impressed!
Speaker B: Ha — that's one sense of swear exactly: to use rude language, to curse. Don't swear in front of the children, as the saying goes.
Speaker A: Right. But there's the totally different, serious sense too, isn't there? You swear an oath.
Speaker B: Yes — to swear to tell the truth in court, to swear loyalty. That's the older meaning, a solemn promise. Same word, completely different tone.
Speaker A: It's funny how one word holds both. And there's swear by something too — I swear by this brand of tea.
Speaker B: Exactly — to swear by something means you trust it completely. And swear at someone means to curse directly at them. Small prepositions, big difference.
Speaker A: So swear by is trust, swear at is anger. Now, people sometimes confuse swear with curse, don't they?
Speaker B: They do — and they overlap. To curse can mean the same rude language. But curse also means to wish harm on someone, like an old magical curse. Swear is mainly the oath or the bad word.
Speaker A: Ah, and what about vow, on the promise side?
Speaker B: A vow is a serious, often personal promise — wedding vows, for instance. To swear an oath is similar but often more formal or legal, like swearing in court.
Speaker A: So swear is the word with two faces — a solemn promise, or words let slip in temper.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Today we use the word swear in AI prompts — mainly its rude sense, for profanity filters and content moderation, but also its oath sense for verification features.
Speaker A: I like it because swear covers both — the AI knows you mean filtering bad language, or a solemn confirm-and-promise step.
Speaker B: Exactly. Let us start with a moderation scenario:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Build a chat filter that catches swear words — block or mask any profanity before a message posts, keep a clear word list I can edit, and show a gentle warning to the sender.
Speaker A: That is clear. A filter that masks swear words with an editable list is essential for any chat app.
Speaker B: Now a settings scenario:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Add a swear-filter toggle in account settings — let each user turn profanity masking on or off for their own feed, and default it to on for new accounts to keep things friendly.
Speaker A: A per-user swear-filter toggle that defaults to on — respectful and safe by default.
Speaker B: Here is a verification scenario, using the oath sense:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Build a terms step where the user must swear the information is true — a clear checkbox stating I swear this is accurate, recorded with a timestamp before the form submits.
Speaker A: A swear-this-is-true checkbox with a timestamp — a neat way to log honest declarations.
Speaker B: A full-app prompt next, short and memorable:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Create a moderation dashboard that flags swearing — list messages containing swear words, sort by severity, let a moderator approve or remove each, and track repeat offenders over time.
Speaker A: A dashboard that flags swearing and tracks repeat offenders — practical for community management. One more, perhaps for an API?
Speaker B: PROMPT: Build a profanity API endpoint — send it text, and it returns whether it contains a swear word, the masked version, and a clean score, so any app can check content instantly.
Speaker A: The word swear in every prompt signals filtering bad language, or a solemn confirmation step.
Speaker B: That is the lesson. A double-meaning word like swear tells the AI exactly which sense you need. Memorable, and easy to recall.
Frequently asked questions about Swear
What does Swear mean?
To make a solemn promise; to use offensive language.
ما معنى كلمة Swear بالعربي؟
يُقسم ويُؤكد — 🤬⚖️ يُقسم ويُؤكد بشدة على صحة الكلام أو صدق الوعد؛ يُبذ ويُسب باستخدام كلمات نابية أو غير لائقة اجتماعياً؛ يُؤدي اليمين أمام السلطات القانونية أو الدينية بشكل رسمي؛ تأكيد قوي بكلمات حاسمة لا تحتمل الشك أو التراجع؛ استخدام لغة قاسية للتعبير عن الغضب أو الانزعاج الشديد ⚖️🗣️
How do you pronounce Swear?
Swear is pronounced /sweə/ and is used as a verb.
How is Swear used in a sentence?
Researchers swear to protect participant data.
What are synonyms of Swear?
vow, pledge, promise, curse, take an oath, attest.