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Etymology

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From earlierswey(“to fall, swoon”), fromMiddle Englishsweyen, fromOld English*swǣġan(“to bend, bow”), fromProto-West Germanic*swaigijan, fromProto-Germanic*swaigijaną, fromProto-Indo-European*sweh₁-

See alsoSaterland Frisianswooie(“to swing, wave, wobble”); alsoLithuaniansvai̇̃gti(“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element ofAvestan𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀(paⁱri-šxuaxta,“to surround”),Sanskritस्वजते(svájate,“he embraces, enfolds”).

The noun derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

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enPR:swā,IPA^(key): /sweɪ/
Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-eɪ

Noun

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sway (countable anduncountable,pluralsways)

The act of swaying; a swayingmotion; aswing orsweep of aweapon.
Arocking orswinging motion.
The old song caused a littlesway in everyone in the room.
Influence,weight, orauthority that inclines to one side
I doubt I'll hold muchsway with someone so powerful.
- 2021 April 28, Tara Siegel Bernard, “Trading Stock Tips on TikTok, Newbies Are Deeply Invested in Learning”, inThe New York Times‎^[1],→ISSN:
  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 considerablesway.
- 2025 June 9, Gaby Hinsliff, quotingMichael Moritz, “Trump has unleashed something terrifying in the US – that even he may be powerless to control”, inThe Guardian‎^[2],→ISSN:
  […] the slowly dawning realisation that, as the billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz put it, they have “nosway” over what they unleashed.
Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
Rule;dominion;control;power.
- 1610–1611 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:
  Prospero:[…]Confederates / (ſo drie he was forSway) with King ofNaples / To giue him Annuall tribute, doe him homage / Subiect his Coronet, to his Crowne and bend / The Dukedom yet vnbow'd (alas pooreMillaine) / To moſt ignoble ſtooping.
- 2019 June 8, Toru Takahashi, “Prayuth's return as prime minister takes Thailand back to 1980s”, inNikkei Asian Review‎^[3], Nikkei Inc, retrieved9 June 2019:
  Prayuth's return as prime minister takes Thailand back to 1980s. Military still holdssway in a democracy that has yet to mature.
Aswitch orrod used bythatchers tobind their work.
The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.

Derived terms

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Translations

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the act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon

Bulgarian:люлеене (bg) n(ljuleene)
Danish:svaje
Dutch:zwenken (nl)
Faroese:sveiggj n
Finnish:heiluminen (fi),heilunta (fi),heilahdus (fi),huitaisu (fi)
French:balancement (fr) m,oscillation (fr) f
Galician:abalo (gl) m,vango m,balouco m
German:Schwingen (de) n,Schwenken (de) n
Hungarian:hullámzás (hu),ringatózás,ingás (hu),lendülés (hu)(intransitive),lendítés (hu)(transitive)
Italian:ondeggiamento (it) m,fluttuazione (it) f,dondolio m,oscillazione (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål:svai (no) m
Russian:кача́ние (ru) n(kačánije)
Spanish:balanceo (es) m

a rocking or swinging motion

influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side

Bulgarian:влияние (bg) n(vlijanie)
Finnish:vaikutusvalta (fi),painoarvo (fi),paino (fi)
French:autorité (fr),poids (fr) m,influence (fr) f
German:Einfluss (de) m,Beeinflussung (de) f,Macht (de) f,Gewicht (de) n
Hungarian:ráhatás (hu)
Irish:ardréim f
Italian:preponderanza (it) f,inclinazione (it) f,spinta (it) f
Spanish:influencia (es) f,influjo m,preponderancia m,poderío (es) m

preponderance; turn or cast of balance

French:prépondérance (fr) f
German:Übergewichtigkeit f,Übergewicht (de) n
Italian:influenza (it) f

rule; dominion; control

Bulgarian:власт (bg) f(vlast)
Finnish:valta (fi),hallinta (fi)
German:Beherrschung (de) f,Herrschaft (de) f
Hungarian:befolyás (hu)
Irish:ardréim f
Italian:dominio (it) m,controllo (it) m,governo (it) m
Polish:władza (pl) f
Russian:власть (ru) f(vlastʹ)

a switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work

Verb

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sway (third-person singular simple presentsways,present participleswaying,simple past and past participleswayed)

(intransitive) Tomove orswing fromside to side; orbackward andforward; torock.
sway to the music
The treesswayed in the breeze.
- 1907 August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “Afterglow”, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC,page168:
  Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacssway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
(transitive) To move orwield with thehand; toswing; to wield.
tosway the sceptre
- 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC, stanza 42:
  As sparckles from the Anduile vse to fly, / When heauie hammers on the wedge areswaid
(transitive) Toinfluence ordirect bypower,authority,persuasion, or bymoralforce; torule; togovern; toguide. Comparepersuade.
Do you think you cansway their decision?
- 1697,Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
  This was the race / Tosway the world, and land and sea subdue.
- 2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, inThe Onion AV Club‎^[4]:
  After all this time[…] the woman who endured all that by focusing on her hit list can beswayed from her course by the prospect of her family and her home.
(transitive) Tocause toincline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; tobias; toturn; tobend; towarp.
reedsswayed by the wind
judgmentswayed by passion
- 1664,John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious.Job XXVIII. 28.”, inThe Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […];[a]nd W. Rogers, […], published1696,→OCLC:
  Let not temporal and little advantagessway you against a more durable interest.
(nautical, transitive) Tohoist (amast or yard) intoposition.
tosway up theyards
To bedrawn to one side by weight or influence; tolean; toincline.
- a.1627 (date written),Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, inWilliam Rawley, editor,Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland forHumphrey Robinson, […], published1629,→OCLC,page64:
  euen in these Personall Respects, the Ballanceswayes on our part:[…]
To have weight or influence.
- 1594–1597,Richard Hooker, edited byJ[ohn] S[penser],Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby[for Matthew Lownes], published1611,→OCLC,(please specify the page):
  The example of sundry churches[…] dothsway much.
To bear sway; torule; togovern.
- 1591 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene v]:
  Hadst thouswayed as kings should do.

to move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock

Afrikaans:swaaie
Armenian:երերալ (hy)(ereral)
Azerbaijani:yırğalanmaq
Basque:please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian:люлея се(ljuleja se)
Catalan:balancejar (ca),balandrejar-se (ca),gronxar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:搖晃 /摇晃 (zh)(yáohuang),搖擺 /摇摆 (zh)(yáobǎi)
Dutch:zwaaien (nl)
Esperanto:balanci
Faroese:sveiggja
Finnish:keinua (fi),keinahdella (fi),huojua (fi),huojahdella (fi),vaarua
French:balancer (fr)
Galician:abalar (gl),vanguear
Georgian:please add this translation if you can
German:schaukeln (de),sich wiegen (de),schwanken (de),hin- und herschwingen
Greek:
Ancient:πάλλω(pállō)
Hungarian:hullámzik (hu),imbolyog (hu),ring (hu),ringatózik (hu),himbálózik (hu),hintázik (hu),inog (hu)
Ingrian:horjua,häilyä,häylyä
Italian:agitarsi (it),scuotersi (it),ondeggiare (it),tentennare (it),inclinarsi
Japanese:揺れる (ja)(yureru)
Khmer:យោល (km)(yool)
Latin:vacillō
Malay:koiri(of the body as in dancing)
Maori:tītahataha,kōngangengange,raumaewa,tūohu(of trees in a breeze),whatiwhati(of the hips to music),tīoioi,ori
Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål:svaie
Polish:trząść (pl)
Portuguese:balançar (pt)
Russian:кача́ться (ru)(kačátʹsja)
Slovak:pohupovať sa
Spanish:balancear (es),bambolear (es),cimbrarse (es),mimbrear (es),contonearse (es),cantonearse (es),denguear (es)(Latin America),tongonearse (es)(Latin America),mecerse (es)
Swedish:vaja (sv)
Thai:please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese:đu (vi),đung đưa (vi)

to move or wield with the hand

Bulgarian:люлея (bg)(ljuleja)
Finnish:heilauttaa (fi)(once),heiluttaa (fi),vilkuttaa (fi)(repeatedly)
German:schwingen (de),schwenken (de)
Hungarian:suhint (hu),lóbál (hu)
Italian:sventolare (it),sbattere (it),scuotere (it),agitare (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:svinge (no)
Russian:кача́ть (ru)(kačátʹ)
Spanish:bambolear (es),balancear (es)

to influence or direct by power and authority

Bulgarian:повлиявам (bg)(povlijavam)
Finnish:vaikuttaa (fi),hallita (fi)
French:influencer (fr)
German:beeinflussen (de),beherrschen (de)
Irish:téigh i bhfeidhm ar
Maori:whakapakepake
Polish:rządzić (pl)

to cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward

Bulgarian:залюлявам (bg)(zaljuljavam)
Finnish:heiluttaa (fi),keinuttaa (fi)
German:beeinflussen (de)
Ingrian:löyhyttää
Italian:orientamento (it) m,tendenza (it) f,inclinazione (it) f,piegamento (it) m

nautical: to hoist into position

Finnish:nostaa (fi)

to be drawn to one side by weight or influence

to have weight or influence

Finnish:vaikuttaa (fi)
French:influencer (fr)

to bear sway; to rule; to govern

Bulgarian:властвам (bg)(vlastvam)
Finnish:hallita (fi)

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