Plural of oath
regular plural
The plural of oath is oaths.
Forms of oath
| Singular | oath /ˈəʊθ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | oaths /əʊðz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Oaths in a sentence
- The air was blue with oaths.From the entry blue
- It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37. From the entry word
- A girl in the bakery, aged sixteen, used oaths that would have defeated a cabman.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XIV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz…. From the entry cabman
- No adolescent can achieve disbelief in the stork without an eruption of young oaths and cynicisms.1927, Gilbert W. Gabriel, “Male, Female and American Drama”, in Vanity Fair, volume 27, number 4, page 73. From the entry disbelief
- One of the Irish triads stated that the oath of a woman in childbirth was one of the three oaths that could not be countersworn.2011, Sharon Paice MacLeod, Celtic Myth and Religion, page 190. From the entry counterswear
Meaning of oath
- noun A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
- noun A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
- noun A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
Questions about the plural of oath
- What is the plural of oath?
- The plural of oath is oaths.
- Is oath countable?
- Oath is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: oath (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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