promise
Meaning of promise
noun
- An oath or affirmation; a vow
if I make a promise, I always stick to it; he broke his promise
- A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use
- Reason to expect improvement or success; potential
She shows great promise as an actress.
- A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation
- Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
- To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
He promised to never return to this town again.
- To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
The clouds promise rain.
Information about promise
- The plural form of promise is: promises.
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Hyphenation of promise
prom-ise
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- promise is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
promise synonyms
Meaning hope:
Meaning assure:
Meaning predict:
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate
Meaning :
deferred, delay, future, halsen
Translation of promise
- Italian: promessa, promettere, anticipare, predire, pronosticare
- Portuguese: promessa, predizer, prognosticar
- German: Versprechen, Versprechung, Verheißung, versprechen, vorhersagen, voraussagen, prognostizieren
- French: promesse, promettre, prévoir, prédire, pronostiquer
- Spanish: promesa, prometer, prever, anticipar, predecir, pronosticar
Anagrams of promise
Words that rhyme with promise
chamise, tamise, chemise, demipremise, demise, moosemise, nondemise, premise, redemise, remise, repremise, polemise, commise, compromise, dispromise, eglomise, forepromise, outpromise, overpromise, prepromise, procompromise, repromise, unpromise, entermise, intermise, presurmise, surmise, manumise, volumise
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