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vaunt
(vônt, vŏnt)v. vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts
v.tr.
To speak or write about (something) in a strongly positive way; praise or boast about.
v.intr.
To speak boastfully; brag. See Synonyms at boast 1.
n.
1. A boastful remark.
2. Speech of extravagant self-praise.
[Middle English vaunten, from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre, to talk frivolously, frequentative of Latin vānāre, from vānus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]
vaunt′er n.
vaunt′ing·ly adv.
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vaunt
(vɔːnt)vb
1. (tr) to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc) boastfully
2. (intr) rare or literary to use boastful language; brag
n
3. a boast
4. archaic ostentatious display
[C14: from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre to brag, from Latin vānus vain]
ˈvaunter n
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vaunt
(vɔnt, vɑnt)v.t.
1. to boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
v.i. 2. to speak boastfully; brag.
n. 3. a boastful action or utterance.
[1350–1400; Middle English vaunten < Middle French vanter to boast < Late Latin vānitāre, derivative of Latin vānus vain]
vaunt′er, n.
vaunt′ing•ly, adv.
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vaunt
Past participle: vaunted
Gerund: vaunting
| Imperative |
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| vaunt |
| vaunt |
| Present |
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| I vaunt |
| you vaunt |
| he/she/it vaunts |
| we vaunt |
| you vaunt |
| they vaunt |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I vaunted |
| you vaunted |
| he/she/it vaunted |
| we vaunted |
| you vaunted |
| they vaunted |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am vaunting |
| you are vaunting |
| he/she/it is vaunting |
| we are vaunting |
| you are vaunting |
| they are vaunting |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have vaunted |
| you have vaunted |
| he/she/it has vaunted |
| we have vaunted |
| you have vaunted |
| they have vaunted |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was vaunting |
| you were vaunting |
| he/she/it was vaunting |
| we were vaunting |
| you were vaunting |
| they were vaunting |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had vaunted |
| you had vaunted |
| he/she/it had vaunted |
| we had vaunted |
| you had vaunted |
| they had vaunted |
| Future |
|---|
| I will vaunt |
| you will vaunt |
| he/she/it will vaunt |
| we will vaunt |
| you will vaunt |
| they will vaunt |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have vaunted |
| you will have vaunted |
| he/she/it will have vaunted |
| we will have vaunted |
| you will have vaunted |
| they will have vaunted |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be vaunting |
| you will be vaunting |
| he/she/it will be vaunting |
| we will be vaunting |
| you will be vaunting |
| they will be vaunting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been vaunting |
| you have been vaunting |
| he/she/it has been vaunting |
| we have been vaunting |
| you have been vaunting |
| they have been vaunting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been vaunting |
| you will have been vaunting |
| he/she/it will have been vaunting |
| we will have been vaunting |
| you will have been vaunting |
| they will have been vaunting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been vaunting |
| you had been vaunting |
| he/she/it had been vaunting |
| we had been vaunting |
| you had been vaunting |
| they had been vaunting |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would vaunt |
| you would vaunt |
| he/she/it would vaunt |
| we would vaunt |
| you would vaunt |
| they would vaunt |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have vaunted |
| you would have vaunted |
| he/she/it would have vaunted |
| we would have vaunted |
| you would have vaunted |
| they would have vaunted |
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Noun 1. [画像:vaunt - extravagant self-praise]vaunt - extravagant self-praise
Verb 1. [画像:vaunt - show off]vaunt - show off
puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
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vaunt
verbnounAn act of boasting:
Informal: blow.
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Translations
vaunt
[vɔːnt]A. VT (= boast of) → jactarse de, hacer alarde de ; (= display) → lucir, ostentar
B. VI → jactarse
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