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  • 1pledge — [[t]ple̱ʤ[/t]] ♦♦♦ pledges, pledging, pledged 1) N COUNT: usu N to inf When someone makes a pledge, they make a serious promise that they will do something. The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the… …

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  • 2pledge — 01. In some ESL programs, students are required to sign a [pledge] to speak only English for the duration of their course. 02. Do you [pledge] to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? 03. The politician [pledged] to lower… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 3Pledge of the Tree — (Arabic: بيعة الشجرة, transliterated IPA|bayʻat al shajarah ) or Pledge of Pleasure (Arabic: بيعة الرضوان , transliterated IPA|bayʻat al riḍwān ) was a pledge that was sworn to Prophet Muhammad by his companions right before the Treaty of… …

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  • 4pledge# — pledge n Pledge, earnest, token, pawn, hostage are comparable when they denote something that is given or held as a sign of another s faith or intention to do what has been promised. Pledge, originally and still in some applications a technical… …

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  • 5pledge — ▪ I. pledge pledge 1 [pledʒ] noun [countable] 1. JOURNALISM a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something: • the President s pledge to make employment his priority 2. LAW …

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  • 6pledge — 1 noun (C) 1 PROMISE formal a firm promise or agreement, especially one made publicly or officially: Industrial conflicts continued in spite of a no strike pledge by the unions. | a pledge to do sth: the government s pledge to make no deals with… …

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  • 7pledge — pledge1 [pledʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(promise)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(something valuable)¦ 4¦(us colleges)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plege, from Late Latin plebium, from plebere to pledge ] 1.) ¦(PROMISE)¦ …

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  • 8pledge — I UK [pledʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms pledge : present tense I/you/we/they pledge he/she/it pledges present participle pledging past tense pledged past participle pledged 1) a) mainly journalism to promise seriously and publicly to do… …

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  • 9pledge — pledge1 [ pledʒ ] verb ** 1. ) transitive MAINLY JOURNALISM to promise seriously and publicly to do something: PROMISE: pledge support: Britain, France, and Germany were among the countries pledging their support. pledge to do something: He has… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 10Pledge drive — A pledge drive is an extended period of fundraising activities, generally used by public broadcasting stations to increase contributions. The term pledge originates from the promise a contributor makes to send in funding at regular intervals for… …

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