Sway | Meaning Of Sway - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 sway From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishswaysway1 /sweɪ/ ●●○ verb    1 [intransitive]MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONSIDE to move slowly from one side to another  The trees swayed gently in the breeze.► see thesaurus at move2 [transitive]EFFECT/INFLUENCE to influence someone so that they change their opinion  Don’t allow yourself to be swayed by his promises.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussway• A light wind was making the branches sway.• The ski lifts were swaying alarmingly from side to side.• Insecure people are often easily swayed by flattery.• The judge was not swayed by her apology.• We should never allow ourselves to be swayed by our feelings.• The court is unlikely to be swayed by those arguments.• We could do pullups on the steady, immobile high bar instead of on our clanking, swaying ceiling pipes.• Donny swayed drunkenly as he walked back to his car.• Without influence in Delhi or among the Tamils she was powerless to sway events.• On the way I noticed that the pavement swayed from side to side and the road heaved up and down.• The boat swayed from side to side in the storm.• Mel swayed her hips in time with the music.• Ed's parents never tried to sway him, but they are happy with the decision he's made.• Before long I had rejoined the tribe, swaying shoulder to shoulder with them as I thumped on a cast-iron pan. swaysway2 noun [uncountable]    1 literaryCONTROL power to rule or influence people  These old attitudes still hold sway in the church.under somebody’s sway  She was now completely under his sway.2 SIDEa swinging movement from side to side  the sway of the shipExamples from the Corpussway• the constant sway of the small aircraft• The same attitudes held sway in Vienna.• Nineteenth-century forms and styles held sway until the 1920s when they were replaced by their horrendous antithesis - Functionalism.• Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.• No one has more sway with Congress than the media.• The line weaves back and forth in the water, in sinister sway.• That boy had held such sway.• The sway of the crowd sent him sprawling.hold sway• This of course benefits the income of the less expensive factor of production, as is inevitable when capital holds sway.• Suddenly new possibilities are springing to life where previously deadlock and despair held sway.• That is why we feel justified in saying that Realism has held sway for the last forty years.• His reputedly Herculean virility long remained a byword throughout the district over which he held sway.• That romantic notion held sway over me, and probably delayed my perception of Clarisa as some one with a medical problem.• Nearly 10 years later, she still holds sway on Wall Street.• It's a place for Comici's drop-of-water philosophy to hold sway.• The Marsh End at that time had at least two moles who held sway in their different ways over moles of their generation.Origin sway1 (1200-1300) Probably from a Scandinavian language Quizzes Quizzes

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Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	sway
he, she, it	sways
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	swayed
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have swayed
he, she, it	has swayed
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had swayed
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will sway
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have swayed
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am swaying
he, she, it	is swaying
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you, we, they	are swaying
Past
I, he, she, it	was swaying
you, we, they	were swaying
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been swaying
he, she, it	has been swaying
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been swaying
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be swaying
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been swaying
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