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View usage for: (wuː) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense woos, present participle wooing, past tense, past participle wooed1. verbIf you woo people, you try to encourage them to help you, support you, or vote for you, for example by promising them things which they would like. They wooed customers by offering low interest rates. [VERB noun] They are trying to woo back electoral support. [VERB noun with adverb] Synonyms: seek, cultivate, try to attract, curry favour with More Synonyms of woo wooing uncountable noun [oft poss NOUN] ...the candidates' wooing of each other's traditional political bases. [+ of] 2. verbTo woo someone is to try to persuade them marry you. [old-fashioned] The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny. [VERB noun] Synonyms: court, chase, pursue, spark [rare] More Synonyms of woo wooing uncountable noun [oft poss NOUN] ...the hero's wooing of his beautiful cousin Roxanne. [+ of] (wuː) verbWord forms: woos, wooing or wooed1. to seek the affection, favour, or love of (someone) with a view to marriage 2. (transitive) to seek after zealously or hopefully to woo fame 3. (transitive) to bring upon oneself (good or evil results) by one's own action 4. (transitive) to beg or importune (someone) Derived forms wooer (ˈwooer) noun Word origin Old English wōgian, of obscure origin (wu) verb transitive1. to try to get the love of; seek as a spouse; court 2. to try to get; seek to woo fame 3. to entreat solicitously; coax; urge verb intransitive4. to try to get the love of a given person; court Word origin ME wowen < OE wogianExamples of 'woo' in a sentencewoo British English: woo VERB If you woo people, you try to encourage them to help you, support you, or vote for you, for example by promising them things which they would like. They wooed customers by offering low interest rates. - American English: woo
- Brazilian Portuguese: cortejar
- Chinese: 争取
- European Spanish: atraer
- French: chercher à attirerN
- German: umwerben
- Italian: accattivarsi la simpatia di
- Japanese: 訴える
- Korean: 얻으려고 애쓰다
- European Portuguese: cortejar
- Latin American Spanish: atraer
The bank wooed customers by offering low interest rates. Synonyms seek cultivate try to attract curry favour with seek to win solicit the goodwill of Definition to attempt to gain the love of (a woman) The penniless author successfully wooed and married Roxanne. Synonyms spark (rare) importune seek to win pay court to seek the hand of set your cap at (old-fashioned) pay your addresses to pay suit to press your suit with Additional synonymsDefinition to court (someone) in an unsubtle manner We were shy and preferred basketball to chasing boys. Synonyms woo, pursue, flirt with, run after, pay court to, set your cap at, sext Definition to follow persistently or seek to become acquainted with He had pursued her, and they started dating. Synonyms court, woo, pay attention to, make up to (informal), chase after, pay court to, set your cap at |