ALL meanings of promise
prom·ise
P p - noun promise a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises. 1
- noun promise an express assurance on which expectation is to be based: promises that an enemy will not win. 1
- noun promise something that has the effect of an express assurance; indication of what may be expected. 1
- noun promise indication of future excellence or achievement: a writer who shows promise. 1
- noun promise something that is promised. 1
- verb with object promise to engage or undertake by promise (usually used with an infinitive or a clause as object): She promised to go tomorrow. 1
- verb with object promise to make a promise of (some specified act, gift, etc.): to promise help. 1
- verb with object promise to make a promise of something to (a specified person): Promise me that you will come. 1
- verb with object promise to afford ground for expecting: The sky promised a storm. 1
- verb with object promise to engage to join in marriage. 1
- verb with object promise to assure (used in emphatic declarations): I won't go there again, I promise you that! 1
- verb without object promise to afford ground for expectation (often followed by well or fair): His forthcoming novel promises well. 1
- verb without object promise to make a promise. 1
- noun promise firm assurance 1
- transitive verb promise assure of, commit to 1
- noun promise spoken commitment 1
- noun promise indication of future achievement 1
- abbreviation PROMISE possibility 1
- noun promise sthg promised 1
- intransitive verb promise make a promise 1
- transitive verb promise give cause to expect 1
- verb promise If you promise that you will do something, you say to someone that you will definitely do it. 0
- verb promise If you promise someone something, you tell them that you will definitely give it to them or make sure that they have it. 0
- countable noun promise A promise is a statement which you make to a person in which you say that you will definitely do something or give them something. 0
- verb promise If a situation or event promises to have a particular quality or to be a particular thing, it shows signs that it will have that quality or be that thing. 0
- uncountable noun promise If someone or something shows promise, they seem likely to be very good or successful. 0
- verb promise to give an assurance of (something to someone); undertake (to do something) in the future 0
- verb promise to undertake to give (something to someone) 0
- verb promise to cause one to expect that in the future one is likely (to be or do something) 0
- verb promise to engage to be married; betroth 0
- verb promise to assure (someone) of the authenticity or inevitability of something (often in the parenthetic phrase I promise you, used to emphasize a statement) 0
- noun promise an undertaking or assurance given by one person to another agreeing or guaranteeing to do or give something, or not to do or give something, in the future 0
- noun promise indication of forthcoming excellence or goodness 0
- noun promise the thing of which an assurance is given 0
- noun promise an oral or written agreement to do or not to do something; vow 0
- noun promise indication, as of a successful prospect or future; basis for expectation 0
- noun promise something promised 0
- intransitive verb promise to make a promise 0
- intransitive verb promise to give a basis for expectation 0
- verb transitive promise to make a promise of (something) to somebody 0
- verb transitive promise to engage or pledge 0
- verb transitive promise to give a basis for expecting 0
- verb transitive promise to declare emphatically; assure 0
- verb transitive promise to pledge to give in marriage 0