promising

[PromĀ·is*ing]

Promising things are encouraging or hopeful they give you every sign that they'll be successful in the future. A promising early spring hints that the rest of the season will be warm and full of flowers.

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Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day.

Adjective S.
full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"

Adjective S.
showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a promising young man"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Promise

a.
Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day.


Promising

Prom"is*ing, a. Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day. -- Prom"is*ing*ly, adv.

Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day.

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Usage Examples

What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone.

We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future.

Government is, by its very nature, a destroyer of liberties the Obama administration, specifically, is promising to interfere with the economy and the health care system so profoundly that Washington will soon have us all in chains.

A paradigm shift, where, in addition to physical inputs for farming, a focused emphasis placed on knowledge inputs can be a promising way forward. This knowledge-based approach will bring immense returns, particularly in rain fed and dry land farming areas.

When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.'

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out.

In the world of poetry there are would-be poets, workshop poets, promising poets, lovesick poets, university poets, and a few real poets.

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.

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