Promising
/ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
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
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
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"His career prospects at the company are not too promising."