Definitions for promising

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promising prom·is·ing

Spelling: [prom-uh-sing]

IPA: /ˈprɒm ə sɪŋ/

Promising is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 313 anagrams from letters in promising (giimnoprs).

Definitions for promising

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.

adjective

1. giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well:

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 promising

First recorded in 1505-15; promise + -ing²

Examples for promising

She left her, therefore, taking the other Sister with her, and promising to see to everything.

What does that promising growth mean for the renegade brewers at Casa Bruja?

The view was very extensive but not promising--spinifex being in every direction.

Atlanta, Georgia, USA Atlanta is quickly becoming one of the most promising LGBT HQs on the globe.

I made the mistake of promising one group of guys they could ask me anything if they answered my questions.

He begged and implored that his life might be spared, promising to tell all that might be asked of him.

There goes one of the finest and most promising young men in this town.

Others are here to invest in artists with promising reputations, and thus the possibility of future ROI.

But this man was promising me more than she had done, and his every word was measured.

He has struck a promising tone these last few days with his rhetoric about trying to “see each other.”