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تَواعَد

to arrange to meet one another; to make a mutual appointment /taˈwaː.ʕad/

verbB2#3667 most common

Also: to promise each other, to agree on a time to meet

Example sentences

تَواعَدْنا عَلى اللِّقاءِ غَداً.
We agreed to meet tomorrow.
تَواعَدَ الأَصْدِقاءُ في المَقْهى.
The friends arranged to meet at the café.
هَل تَواعَدْتُم عَلى مَوْعِدٍ مُحَدَّد؟
Did you all agree on a specific time?
تَواعَدَ الفَريقانِ لِحَلِّ الخِلافِ سِلْمِياً.
The two teams arranged to meet to resolve the dispute peacefully.
سَيَتَواعَدُ الوَفْدانِ الأُسْبوعَ المُقْبِلَ لِمُناقَشَةِ الِاتِّفاقِيَّةِ.
The two delegations will arrange to meet next week to discuss the agreement.
تَواعَدوا سِرّاً عَلى الِالْتِقاءِ بَعيداً عَن أَعْيُنِ الرَّقابَةِ.
They secretly arranged to meet away from the eyes of surveillance.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَتَواعَدُتَواعَدْتُسَأَتَواعَدُ
2sgتَتَواعَدُتَواعَدْتَسَتَتَواعَدُ
3sgيَتَواعَدُتَواعَدَسَيَتَواعَدُ
1plنَتَواعَدُتَواعَدْناسَنَتَواعَدُ
2plتَتَواعَدونَتَواعَدْتُمسَتَتَواعَدونَ
3plيَتَواعَدونَتَواعَدواسَيَتَواعَدونَ

Word family

وَعَدَ (waʿada)to promise
وَعْد (waʿd)a promise
مَوْعِد (mawʿid)appointment, date
ميعاد (mīʿād)appointed time, deadline
واعَدَ (wāʿada)to make an appointment with someone

Etymology

The word comes from the Semitic root w-ʿ-d, which carries the sense of promising or fixing a time. Form VI (tafāʿul pattern) adds a reciprocal meaning, so tawāʿada means to promise or arrange something mutually, with both sides taking part. The same root gives waʿada, the plain verb for making a single-sided promise.

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