A promise is an agreement to do or not do something. Also, when you have potential, you show promise.
In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.
Noun
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
Noun
a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
Verb
make a promise or commitment
Verb
promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"
Verb
make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
Verb
give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
a.
In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one
person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to
forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person
to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or
forbearance of a specified act.
a.
An engagement by one person to another, either in words or
in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or
nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to
denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the
consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it
is made.
a.
That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance;
especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a
youth of great promise.
a.
Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised.
v. t.
To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing,
giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise
a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment
of money.
v. t.
To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance
of; as, the clouds promise rain.
v. t.
To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some
benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the
proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward.
v. i.
To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.
v. i.
To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to
expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil.
Promise
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.2.
My native country was full of youthful promise.4.
He . . . commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father.
Promise
I dare promise myself you will attest the truth of all I have advanced.
Promise
Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion? I fear it, I promise you.
In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act.
To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage;
To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration.
Usage Examples
Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to God alone Laughs at impossibilities, And cries it shall be done.
Beauty is the promise of happiness.
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist there can only be promise of the coming woman.
Buying a car used to be an experience so soul-scorching, so confidence-splattering, so existentially rattling that an entire car company was based on the promise that you wouldn't have to come in contact with it.
All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth.
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Other Usage ExamplesDream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
Canadians know that the promise of a recession didn't happen because of anything we did here. If you look at all the causes of the recession, problems in mortgage markets, the problems in the banking sector, the problems in government finance in countries like Greece, none of those problems were in present Canada.
Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.
Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
Anywhere you have extreme poverty and no national health insurance, no promise of health care regardless of social standing, that's where you see the sharp limitations of market-based health care.
Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.
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