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Detailed Synonyms for promising in English

promising:

promising adj

  1. promising
  2. promising
    – full or promise 1
    bright; promising; hopeful
    – full or promise 1
    • bright adj
      • had a bright future in publishing1
    • promising adj
      • the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career1
    • hopeful adj
      • a hopeful new singer on Broadway1
  3. promising
    – showing possibility of achievement or excellence 1
    promising
    – showing possibility of achievement or excellence 1

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Related Definitions for "promising":

  1. full or promise1
    • the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career1
  2. showing possibility of achievement or excellence1
    • a promising young man1

promising form of promise:

to promise verb (promises, promised, promising)

  1. to promise
    to promise; to vow; to offer; to bid fair
    • promise verb (promises, promised, promising)
    • vow verb (vows, vowed, vowing)
    • offer verb (offers, offered, offering)
    • bid fair verb (bids fair, bidding fair)
  2. to promise
    – make a promise or commitment 1
    to promise; to assure
    – make a promise or commitment 1
    • promise verb (promises, promised, promising)
    • assure verb (assures, assured, assuring)
  3. to promise
    – promise to undertake or give 1
    to promise
    – promise to undertake or give 1
    • promise verb (promises, promised, promising)
      • I promise you my best effort1
  4. to promise
    – make a prediction about; tell in advance 1
    to anticipate; to call; to predict; to promise; to foretell; prognosticate; forebode
    – make a prediction about; tell in advance 1
    • anticipate verb (anticipates, anticipated, anticipating)
    • call verb (calls, called, calling)
    • predict verb (predicts, predicted, predicting)
      • The analyst predicted that the stock market would rise.2
    • promise verb (promises, promised, promising)
    • foretell verb (foretells, foretold, foretelling)
      • Everyone thought the old lady could foretell the future.2
    • forebode verb
  5. to promise
    – give grounds for expectations 1
    to promise
    – give grounds for expectations 1
    • promise verb (promises, promised, promising)
      • The new results were promising1
      • The results promised fame and glory1

Conjugations for promise:

present
  1. promise
  2. promise
  3. promises
  4. promise
  5. promise
  6. promise
simple past
  1. promised
  2. promised
  3. promised
  4. promised
  5. promised
  6. promised
present perfect
  1. have promised
  2. have promised
  3. has promised
  4. have promised
  5. have promised
  6. have promised
past continuous
  1. was promising
  2. were promising
  3. was promising
  4. were promising
  5. were promising
  6. were promising
future
  1. shall promise
  2. will promise
  3. will promise
  4. shall promise
  5. will promise
  6. will promise
continuous present
  1. am promising
  2. are promising
  3. is promising
  4. are promising
  5. are promising
  6. are promising
subjunctive
  1. be promised
  2. be promised
  3. be promised
  4. be promised
  5. be promised
  6. be promised
diverse
  1. promise!
  2. let's promise!
  3. promised
  4. promising
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

promise [the ~] noun

  1. the promise
    the promise; the commitment; the engagement; the obligation; the vow; the pledge; the undertaking; the oath
  2. the promise
    – grounds for feeling hopeful about the future 1
    the hope; the promise
    – grounds for feeling hopeful about the future 1
    • hope [the ~] noun
    • promise [the ~] noun
      • there is little or no promise that he will recover1
  3. the promise
    – a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future 1
    the promise
    – a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future 1

promise

  1. promise
  2. promise

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Related Definitions for "promise":

  1. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future1
    • there is little or no promise that he will recover1
  2. a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future1
  3. make a promise or commitment1
  4. promise to undertake or give1
    • I promise you my best effort1
  5. make a prediction about; tell in advance1
  6. give grounds for expectations1
    • The new results were promising1
    • The results promised fame and glory1

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