avowed

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/əˈvaʊd/

adjective

openly acknowledged

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professeddeclared
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of avow
adjectiveavowed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableopenly acknowledged
  2. not comparablepositively stated

    An avowed aim of the 1962 Transport Act was to concentrate the BRB's attention on running trains.

    1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291
    1 more example

    There was considerable scepticism as to whether the line would pay, but its avowed intention was to put an end to the slave trade.

    1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 262
  3. not comparableasserted under oath, or vow

    His first avowed intent, to be a pilgrim - Who would true valour see

    1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveopenly declared as such

Similar
professeddeclared
Also see
declaredprofessed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From avow + -ed.

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Translations

German ausgewiesen, anerkannt
  • ausgewiesenacknowledged
  • anerkanntacknowledged
Russian при́знанный
  • при́знанный (príznannyj)acknowledged

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with avowed

allowedproudcrowdcloudloudaloudendowedMcleodstroudbowedvowedshrouddowddisallowedploughedrowedwowedcowedboudunbowedunallowedbecloudenshroudFort Macleod
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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