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swearing in

swearing in is the present participle and gerund of swear in.

Meaning of swear in

Verb

swear in (third-person singular simple present swears in, present participle swearing in, simple past swore in, past participle sworn in)

  1. (transitive) To administer an oath to, as an oath of office or of citizenship.
    • The Chief Justice swore him in as President on Inauguration Day.
    Synonyms:
    inaugurate

Questions about swearing in

What is swearing in the present participle and gerund of?
Swearing in is the present participle and gerund of swear in.

Words near swearing in in the dictionary

  1. swearing blind
  2. swearing by
  3. swearing contest
  4. swearing contests
  5. swearing down
  6. swearing in
  7. swearing jar
  8. swearing jars
  9. swearing like a cutter
  10. swearing like a pagan
  11. swearing like a sailor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swearing in (page history and authors); swear in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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