promise
IPA: prˈɑmʌs
noun
- (countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow
- (countable) 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.
- (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
- (countable, computing, programming) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
- (countable, obsolete) bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
- A female given name from English.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
- (intransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
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Examples of "promise" in Sentences
- Lifting the letter again, the word promise seemed to jump off the page at her.
- "Then -- promise, _promise_ me, Constance, as if I were on my dying bed, that you never will."
- Is sticky toffee pudding the perfect marriage of stodge and sweetness, or does the name promise more than the dish delivers?
- If a man finds out something about his neighbour, and, after he has found it out for himself, the neighbour gets him to promise not to publish it, that is a secret of _promise_.
- The term promise in Holy Writ both in its nominal and verbal form embraces not only promises made by man to his fellowman, and by man to God in the form of vows (e.g. Deut., xxiii, 21-3), but also God's promises to man.
- When I say "_I_ shall go" (_j'irai_), I merely express an _intention_ or _promise_ to go; but if I continue "_You_ and _they_ shall go," I convey the idea that _my_ intention or promise is operative on _you_ and _them_; and the terms which
- He knew the Lord's promise, and that the time for its fulfilment was at hand; yet so far from regarding either the immutability of the Divine _purpose_, or even the infallible certainty of the Divine _promise_, as a reason for neglecting prayer, as if that exercise were superfluous or vain, he was stimulated and encouraged to pray just because "he knew the word of the
- My packing list would probably be quite useless now, as it is constantly under revision, and I will probably end up taking too much stuff I don't need (because of my stubborn refusal to actually follow anyone's advice, no matter how many times I hear it - though I promise *promise* to only take one pair of jeans) and will inevitably not take something that will sorely be missed (because of lack of space/available weight, or again because I don't listen).
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