Definition of Promise

Verb: promise  pró-mis

  1. Make a commitment to do (or not to do) something in the future
    - assure
     
  2. Comit to undertake or give
    "I promise you my best effort"
     
  3. Make a prediction about; tell in advance
    "promise the outcome of an election";
    - predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate
     
  4. Give grounds for expectations
    "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
Noun: promise  pró-mis
  1. A verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
     
  2. Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
    "there is little or no promise that he will recover";
    - hope

See also:
promiscuousness
promised

Anagrams containing the word promise

pmoeisr epromis sepromi iseprom misepro omisepr romisep