Promise
Definitions
- An oath or affirmation; a vow.
- A female given name from English.
- A female given name from English
- 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.
- A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
- Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised.
Conjugation
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Equivalents
Examples
“When I make⟳ a promise⟳, I always stick⟳ to it.”
“He broke his promise⟳: he said he'd return⟳ my jewellery, but never did.”
“He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give⟳ him the like⟳ Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.”
“My native country was full of youthful promise⟳.”
“The original family who had begun to build⟳ a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put⟳ up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure⟳ which had come⟳ down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise⟳ rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.”
“She shows great promise⟳ as an actress.”
“You can often use⟳ observables instead of promises to deliver⟳ values asynchronously.”
“He […] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait⟳ for the promise⟳ of the Father.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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