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Detailed Synonyms for promise in English

promise:

to promise verbe (promises, promised, promising)

  1. to promise
    to promise; to vow; to offer; to bid fair
    • promise verbe (promises, promised, promising)
    • vow verbe (vows, vowed, vowing)
    • offer verbe (offers, offered, offering)
    • bid fair verbe (bids fair, bidding fair)
  2. to promise
    – make a promise or commitment 1
    to promise; to assure
    – make a promise or commitment 1
    • promise verbe (promises, promised, promising)
    • assure verbe (assures, assured, assuring)
  3. to promise
    – promise to undertake or give 1
    to promise
    – promise to undertake or give 1
    • promise verbe (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 verbe (anticipates, anticipated, anticipating)
    • call verbe (calls, called, calling)
    • predict verbe (predicts, predicted, predicting)
      • The analyst predicted that the stock market would rise.2
    • promise verbe (promises, promised, promising)
    • foretell verbe (foretells, foretold, foretelling)
      • Everyone thought the old lady could foretell the future.2
    • forebode verbe
  5. to promise
    – give grounds for expectations 1
    to promise
    – give grounds for expectations 1
    • promise verbe (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 ~] nom

  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 ~] nom
    • promise [the ~] nom
      • 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

Related Synonyms for promise