Definitions for promise

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promise prom·ise

Spelling: [prom-is]

IPA: /ˈprɒm ɪs/

Promise is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 279 anagrams from letters in promise (eimoprs).

Definitions for promise

noun

1. a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one:
2. an express assurance on which expectation is to be based:
3. something that has the effect of an express assurance; indication of what may be expected.
4. indication of future excellence or achievement:
5. something that is promised.

verb (used with object)

1. to engage or undertake by promise (usually used with an infinitive or a clause as object):
2. to make a promise of (some specified act, gift, etc.):
3. to make a promise of something to (a specified person):
4. to afford ground for expecting:
5. to engage to join in marriage.
6. to assure (used in emphatic declarations):

verb (used without object)

1. to afford ground for expectation (often followed by well or fair):
2. to make a promise.

Origin of promise

1375-1425; (noun) late Middle English promis(se) Medieval Latin prōmissa, for Latin prōmissum, noun use of neuter past participle of prōmittere to promise, literally, to send forth, equivalen

Examples for promise

According to my promise, I saw the minister on the following day.

I promise you I shall not, Mr. Bines; they can row if they like.

Christie has a lot riding on fulfilling his promise of shepherding Atlantic City into a third boom era.

She was trying to extort a promise that she should appear in its pages, which, as we all remember, she did.

Apparently, tech world is no longer enthralled by the promise that was Obama.

Hester Paine, as a young lady, fulfills the promise of her girlhood.

They opened for acts like Elliott Smith, Sloan, and promise Ring.

Knife, however, must promise to leave his land to his son-in-law in case he died.

With those words was a promise to launch the first group of passengers in the coming year.

In fact, November's results show parents want to continue with implementation of high standards and the results they promise.