noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of promise form-of, plural

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of promise form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

All synonyms

pledgeaccedeaccordactuarial predictionadumbrationafford hope

Example

More examples

"Finally, Susan cuts her mother short, promises to write, and hangs up."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.