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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/roʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rō for 1,2; rou for 3)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
row1 /roʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a number of people or things in a line:the rows of customers.
  2. a line of seats facing the same way, as in a theater:seats in the front row.
Idioms
  1. in a row:
    • lined up one after the other or side by side:all in a row, waiting to go forward.
    • happening one after the other without interruption:The team lost seven games in a row.


row2 /roʊ/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. Nautical, Naval Termsto move a vessel by the use of oars: [no object]rowing into a stiff breeze.[~ + object]He rowed the boat out to his favorite spot.
  2. Nautical, Naval Terms to transport (someone) in a boat that is rowed:[~ + object]I rowed her back to shore.

n. [countable]
  1. an act or period of rowing.
  2. a trip in a rowboat.
row•er, n. [countable]

row3 /raʊ/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. [countable] a noisy argument;
    commotion.

v. [no object]
  1. to quarrel or argue noisily.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
row1  (rō),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a number of persons or things arranged in a line, esp. a straight line:a row of apple trees.
  2. a line of persons or things so arranged:The petitioners waited in a row.
  3. a line of adjacent seats facing the same way, as in a theater:seats in the third row of the balcony.
  4. a street formed by two continuous lines of buildings.
  5. Music and DanceSee tone row. 
  6. Games[Checkers.]one of the horizontal lines of squares on a checkerboard;
    rank.
  7. hard or long row to hoe, a difficult task or set of circumstances to confront:At 32 and with two children, she found attending medical school a hard row to hoe.

v.t. 
  1. to put in a row (often fol. by up).
  • 1175–1225; Middle English row(e); compare Old English rǣw

row2  (rō),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. Nautical, Naval Termsto propel a vessel by the leverage of an oar or the like.

v.t. 
  1. Nautical, Naval Termsto propel (a vessel) by the leverage of an oar or the like.
  2. Nautical, Naval Termsto convey in a boat that is rowed.
  3. to convey or propel (something) in a manner suggestive of rowing.
  4. Nautical, Naval Termsto require, use, or be equipped with (a number of oars):The captain's barge rowed twenty oars.
  5. to use (oarsmen) for rowing.
  6. Naval Termsto perform or participate in by rowing:to row a race.
  7. Naval Termsto row against in a race:Oxford rows Cambridge.

n. 
  1. an act, instance, or period of rowing:It was a long row to the far bank.
  2. an excursion in a rowboat:to go for a row.
  • bef. 950; Middle English rowen, Old English rōwan; cognate with Old Norse rōa; akin to Latin rēmus oar (see remus). Cf. rudder 
row′a•ble, adj. 
row′er, n. 

row3  (rou),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a noisy dispute or quarrel;
    commotion.
  2. noise or clamor.

v.i. 
  1. to quarrel noisily.

v.t. 
  1. British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]to upbraid severely;
    scold.
  • origin, originally uncertain 1740–50
    1. spat, tiff, scrap, scrape, set-to.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
row /rəʊ/ n
  1. an arrangement of persons or things in a line: a row of chairs
  2. chiefly Brit a street, esp a narrow one lined with identical houses
  3. a line of seats, as in a cinema, theatre, etc
  4. a horizontal linear arrangement of numbers, quantities, or terms, esp in a determinant or matrix
  5. a horizontal rank of squares on a chessboard or draughtboard
  6. in a row ⇒ in succession; one after the other: he won two gold medals in a row
  7. a hard row to hoe ⇒ a difficult task or assignment
Etymology: Old English rāw, rǣw; related to Old High German rīga line, Lithuanian raiwe strip
row /raʊ/ n
  1. a noisy quarrel or dispute
  2. a noisy disturbance; commotion: we couldn't hear the music for the row next door
  3. a reprimand
 vb
  1. (intransitive) often followed by with: to quarrel noisily
  2. (transitive) archaic to reprimand
Etymology: 18th Century: origin unknown
row /rəʊ/ vb
  1. to propel (a boat) by using oars
  2. (transitive) to carry (people, goods, etc) in a rowing boat
  3. to be propelled by means of (oars or oarsmen)
  4. (intransitive) to take part in the racing of rowing boats as a sport, esp in eights, in which each member of the crew pulls one oar Compare scull
  5. (transitive) to race against in a boat propelled by oars: Oxford row Cambridge every year
 n
  1. an act, instance, period, or distance of rowing
  2. an excursion in a rowing boat
Etymology: Old English rōwan; related to Middle Dutch roien, Middle High German rüejen, Old Norse rōa, Latin rēmus oarˈrower n
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Collocations: the [front] row of the [cinema, hall, auditorium], row [down, up] the [river, stream], [booked, got, reserved, bought] front row seats, more...

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