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Promising
//ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
"a promising young apprentice"
- 2 Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
Adjective
- 1 likely to turn out well in the future wordnet
- 2 showing possibility of achievement or excellence wordnet
Noun
- 1 The act of making a promise.
"So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise"."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of promise form-of, gerund, participle, present
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