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
- The promise is not the prediction.
- Slavish gratitude is promised in advance.
- They promised that they will keep the troth.
- I promise not to be such a glutton in the future.
- The dream of yesterday is the promise of tomorrow.
- The grandiose promises of artificial intelligence.
- It promises to deliver the securities to the buyer.
- It is a pragmatic construct, not an inviolate promise.
- Blessedness is not promised on conditions, as in Judaism.