Sway

Definitions

1. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
   countable, uncountable
2. A village and civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ2798).
3. A rocking or swinging motion.
   countable, uncountable
4. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
   countable, uncountable
5. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
   countable, uncountable
6. Rule; dominion; control; power.
   countable, uncountable
7. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
   countable, uncountable
8. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
   countable, uncountable
9. Synonym of sweet flag (“Acorus calamus”)
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

26 more languages

Afrikaansswaaie

العربيةالسيطرة

Българскивластвлияниелюлея

Bosanskiringвласт

Catalàbalancejargronxar-se

Češtinakmihnaklonitvychýlit

Esperantobalanci

Suomihallintahallitaheilahdusheilauttaaheiluminenheiluntaheiluttaahuitaisuhuojahdellahuojuahuojuminenhuojuntakallistuakeinahdellakeinahduskeinuakeinuntakeinuttaaliehuntanostaapainopainoarvovaaruavaikuttaavaikutusvaltavaltavilkuttaa+ 24 more

Gaeilgeardréimtéigh i bhfeidhm ar

Galegoabalarabalobalouco

Hrvatskiringвласт

Magyarbefolyáshullámzáshullámzikimbolyoginogringsuhint+ 4 more

Հայերեներերալ

Italianoagitareagitarsicontrollodominiodondoliofluttuazionegovernoinclinarsiinclinazioneinfluenzaondeggiamentoondeggiareorientamentooscillazionepiegamentopreponderanzasbatterescuoterescuotersispintasventolaretendenzatentennamentotentennare+ 21 more

日本語揺れる

ភាសាខ្មែរយោល

한국어晄

Kurdîînfluenzaringvaja

Latinadiciosoliumvacillo

Nederlandszwaaienzwenken

Polskirządzićtrząśćwładza

Portuguêsbalançar

Русскийвластькачаниекача́тькачаться+ 1 more

Српскиringвласт

Svenskasvajvaja

Tiếng Việtđụđung đưa

Examples

“The old song caused a little sway in everyone in the room.”

“I doubt⟳ I'll hold⟳ much sway with someone so powerful.”

“Though both Mr. Knight and Mr. Hennessey view⟳ themselves as traders first, the “finfluencer” culture has flourished with the surge in online interest⟳, and they have⟳ considerable sway.”

“[…] the slowly dawning realisation that, as the billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz put⟳ it, they have⟳ “no sway” over what they unleashed.”

“Prospero:[…]Confederates / (ſo drie he was for Sway) with King of Naples / To giue him Annuall tribute, doe him homage / Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend⟳ / The Dukedom yet vnbow'd (alas poore Millaine) / To moſt ignoble ſtooping.”

“Prayuth's return⟳ as prime minister takes Thailand back to 1980s. Military still holds sway in a democracy that has yet to mature.”

CEFR level