woo
To endeavor to gain someone's affection or supportTo endeavor to gain someone's affection or support.
» Are you trying to woo me?
Ти намагаєшся залицятися до мене?
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To endeavor to gain someone's affection or support.
They're trying to woo the customers back with this new mobile plan.
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(transitive)Often of a man, to try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with.
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(transitive)To court solicitously; to invite with importunity; to solicit in love.
- make amorous advances towards
- seek someone's favor
Examples
21 sentencesAre you trying to woo me?
Ти намагаєшся залицятися до мене?
Tom's attempts to woo usually fail.
Tom is a bit woo woo.
He tried wooing her with love poems.
The young man woos women for sport.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncFrom Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).
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Forms
woos, wooing, wooed, wooedSynonyms
14 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle