Used in a Sentence

pledged

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pledged.

Editorial note

This in turn lead to masses of unemployed that the government is pledged to take care off via various support systems.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

bound by or as if by an oath

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pledged gathered in one view.

adjective

bound by or as if by an oath

adjective

pledged to be married

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pledged.

Example sentences

1

This in turn lead to masses of unemployed that the government is pledged to take care off via various support systems.

2

The man who once publicly pledged that he would not sell out to evil corporations now had his head turned.

3

It's back now, with 700 000 USD already pledged in a matter of an hour.

4

America has pledged not to use anti-personnel landmines(APL) anywhere outside of the Korean peninsula.

5

The City of Palo Alto and Santa Clara County each has pledged $8 million toward purchasing the park from a private owner.

6

Which company is less likely to find a loophole in whatever guarantee they've pledged and use it to squash me like a gnat?

7

Three of them only pledged to do so in 2012 and the rest are being forced to by Congress as of this month.

8

We think some studios are more likely to adapt if they'll see money pledged while we are opening early summer.

9

This is why I've never pledged any money on Kickstarter or any equivalent site.

10

Chinese companies have pledged their stocks as collateral for loans so the whole thing is a pile of circular promises, one built on top of the other.

11

We won the Vietnam War: when we left, North Vietnam had pledged to allow the people of South Vietnam to decide their destiny.

12

Their only goal is to make sure most pledged dollars go towards ultimately funded projects, and that hype and funding grow in them to the maximum extent possible.

Quote examples

1

Craigslist has pledged to donate $1 million of that to the Electronic Frontier Foundation over 10 years." They're not settling with $1M donation to EFF, they're still getting $2.1M from Lovely.

2

"Craigslist has pledged to donate $1 million of that to the Electronic Frontier Foundation over 10 years." is very different from what the title implies.

3

"To me, Apple's not-yet-executed move to liberate some of the Swift 2.0 code seems a tactical stunt to win over developers who currently prefer the relatively more open nature of the Android/Linux platform." They said why this was the case -- Swift 2.0 isn't finished yet -- but have pledged to open-source the entire thing.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pledged in a sentence?

This in turn lead to masses of unemployed that the government is pledged to take care off via various support systems.

What does pledged mean?

bound by or as if by an oath

What part of speech is pledged?

pledged is commonly used as adjective.