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sworn in

sworn in is the past participle 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 sworn in

What is sworn in the past participle of?
Sworn in is the past participle of swear in.

Words near sworn in in the dictionary

  1. sworn blind
  2. sworn broker
  3. sworn brokers
  4. sworn by
  5. sworn down
  6. sworn in
  7. sworn like a cutter
  8. sworn like a pagan
  9. sworn like a sailor
  10. sworn like a trooper
  11. sworn off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sworn 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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