promise

Definition of promise in English English dictionary: A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use; to commit to something or action; an oath; a vow; An oath or affirmation; a vow; {n} a declaration which binds the promiser in law or honor; {v} to give one's word, assure, engage; 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 promise is a data structure that contains an unevaluated expression It will be evaluated automatically, and replaced by the value of the expression, when some part of the program tries to examine the value of the promise See E14; grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future make a promise or commitment promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort" give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory; 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; {i} pledge, vow, declaration of intention; source of hope, basis for expectations; promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"; grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"; If you promise someone something, you tell them that you will definitely give it to them or make sure that they have it. In 1920 the great powers promised them an independent state The officers promise a return to multiparty rule; A promise is a statement which you make to a person in which you say that you will definitely do something or give them something. If you make a promise, you should keep it; To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil; A declaration that specifies a law that holds for the predicates/functions in the declaration Thus, examples of promises are assertions and promise ex declarations More generally, the term promise is often used for a declaration where extra information is given to the compiler which it cannot check itself, for example in purity pragmas; To give assurance by a promise, or binding declaration; give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"; make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"; To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain; Lie told to get elected; Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised; Pre-operational Modelling in the Seas of Europe EU MAST III project; 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; {f} pledge, give one's word, vow, commit oneself to a certain course of action; a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future make a promise or commitment promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"; If a situation or event promises to have a particular quality or to be a particular thing, it shows signs that it will have that quality or be that thing. While it will be fun, the seminar also promises to be most instructive; If you promise that you will do something, you say to someone that you will definitely do it. The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday He had promised that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment Promise me you will not waste your time `We'll be back next year,' he promised `You promise?' --- `All right, I promise.'; make a promise or commitment; a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future; give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory; That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction; as, a youth of great promise; 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; If someone or something shows promise, they seem likely to be very good or successful. The boy first showed promise as an athlete in grade school. = potential; 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; pledge; give an assurance
Promise Keepers: a US Christian religious organization for men that started in 1990 and has over 2 million members. It holds very large, public meetings, often in sports grounds. The Promise Keepers have very strong Christian beliefs, and members are expected to behave in a very moral and honest way. Some people say that they have old-fashioned traditional beliefs, including the belief that men should control their wives' lives and be the leaders of their families
promise date: (Ticaret) The shipment date committed to by a vendor. In some industries and contracts, the promise date is the date of delivery at the customer site
promise of marriage: person's commitment to marry a specific person, engagement
Open Specification Promise: A certain irrevocable promise, made by Microsoft in September 2006, that it will not assert legal rights over certain patents on implementations of an included list of technologies
breach of promise: A former tort in common law where a man withdraws an earlier promise to marry a woman
empty promise: A promise that is either not going to be carried out, worthless or meaningless
promising: Encouraging and inspiring confidence
promising: Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion
promising: Present participle of promise
promiser: {n} one who makes a promise or passes
hold promise: Be likely to succeed
The new drug holds promise for helping to control addiction.
I promise you: I make a promise to you, I make a commitment to you
Land of Promise: Israel, land which God promised to the Jews
To promise: hote
To promise: hight
available to promise: (Ticaret) (ATP) End items that can be promised to customer order requirements for a given period based on an uncommitted or available status, calculated as: on-hand inventory, less booked customer orders, plus expected master schedule receipts for the period. Cumulative ATP includes past due orders and indicated total availability for successive periods
big promise: important pledge, weighty assurance
breach of promise: failure to keep a promise (of marriage)
breach of promise: breaking of a promise, failure to keep a promise
breach of promise: Failure to fulfill a promise, especially a promise to marry
breach of promise to marry: breaking of a promise to get married
break a promise: violate a pledge, not keep a promise
campaign promise: specific pledge made by a political candidate during his campaign
capable to promise: (Ticaret) (CTP) A system that combines available to promise inventory availability with current capacity capabilities when calculating customer order schedule dates
fair promise: good chance, good likelihood
held him to his promise: forced him to keep his promise
hold a man to his promise: make a man keep his promise
honor a promise: keep a promise, fulfill a promise
keep a promise: fulfill a promise, carry out a promise
kept his promise: fulfilled his promise, did what he said he would
promised: {s} pledged, avowed, assured by an oath
promised: assured by (usually) spoken agreement; "the promised toy"; "the promised land
promised: assured by (usually) spoken agreement; "the promised toy"; "the promised land"
promised: past of promise
promisee: The person to whom a promise is made
promisee: {i} one to whom a vow is made, one to whom a pledge is offered
promisee: One to whom a promise has been made, such as the lender under a promissory note
promisee: a person to whom a promise is made
promisee: An individual to whom a promise is made
promiser: a person who makes a promise
promiser: One who promises
promises: third-person singular of promise
promises: plural of promise
promising: Someone or something that is promising seems likely to be very good or successful. A school has honoured one of its brightest and most promising former pupils. showing signs of being successful or good in the future
promising: Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day
promising: showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a promising young man"
promising: {s} encouraging, favorable; providing a source for hope; likely to turn out well
promising: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"
promising: showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a promising young man
promisingly: In a promising manner
promisingly: If something or someone starts promisingly, they begin well but often fail in the end. It all started so promisingly when Speed scored a tremendous first goal
promisingly: in an auspicious manner; "the afternoon had begun so promisingly"
promisingly: in an auspicious manner; "the afternoon had begun so promisingly
promisingly: encouragingly, reassuringly, hopefully, favorably
promisor: a person who makes a promise
promisor: One who makes a promise The borrower under a promissory note
promisor: One who engages or undertakes; a promiser
promisor: An individual who makes a promise
promisor: {i} one who makes a pledge or vow, one who takes an oath (Law)
revoke a promise: take back a promise, cancel a promise
show promise: give hope
the promise still holds: the pledge is still in effect, the promise is still valid
unfulfilled promise: promise that was not kept, unrealized promise
verbal promise: spoken pledge

promise

Hyphenation

prom·ise

Turkish pronunciation

prämıs

Synonyms

affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement

Antonyms

break, renege, hopelessness, impossibility, discourage

Pronunciation

/ˈpräməs/ /ˈprɑːməs/

Etymology

[ prä-m&s ] (noun.) 15th century. From Middle English promis, promisse from Old French promesse from Medieval Latin promissa, Latin promissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter of Latin promissus, past participle of promittere (“to send or put forth, let go forward, say beforehand, promise”) pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native Middle English beheste, bihest "promise, behest" (from Old English behǣs "promise, vow"), Middle English hight "promise" (from Old English hēht, past tense of Old English hātan "to promise"), Middle English hat, haut "promise, vow" (from Old English ġehāt "promise, vow"), Middle English quidde, quid "saying, promise". Compare Middle English forhaten, forhauten "to promise".