Promise

Noun

 * 1) An oath or affirmation; a vow.
 * 2) 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

Verb

 * 1) to commit to something or action; an oath; a vow.

Adverbs for Promise
blithely; solemnly; vehemently; punctually; devoutly; cheerfully; blandly; speciously; optimistically; liberally; maudlinly; graciously; flatteringly; tacitly; lightly.

Thesaurus
accede, accord, actuarial prediction, adumbration, afford hope, agree, agree to, agreement, apocalypse, arrangement, aspiration, assent, assumption, assurance, assure, assured faith, augur, augur well, augury, auspice, avouch, bargain, bargain for, be promising, bespeak, betoken, betokening, betokenment, bid fair, bid fair to, binding agreement, bond, capability, cartel, cheer, cheerful expectation, collective agreement, commitment, compact, confidence, consent, consortium, contract, convention, conviction, countersign, covenant, covenant of salt, deal, dependence, desire, dicker, do a deal, doomed hope, earnest, employment contract, engage, engagement, ensure, expectation, fair prospect, faith, fervent hope, foreboding, forecast, forecasting, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foresight, foretell, foretelling, foretoken, foretokening, formal agreement, give hope, give indication of, give prospect of, good cheer, good hope, great expectations, guarantee, guaranty, guesswork, have favorable odds, have good prospects, high hopes, hint, hint at, hold out hope, hold out promise, hope, hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope, imply, improbability, increase the chances, indicant, indicate, indication, inspire, inspire hope, inspirit, insure, ironclad agreement, justify hope, legal agreement, legal contract, likelihood, look like, make a deal, make a promise, make fair promise, make likely, make more likely, make probable, mutual agreement, oath, offer the expectation, omen, pact, paction, pass, pawn, pledge, plight, portent, potential, prayerful hope, prediction, prefiguration, prefigurement, prefiguring, preindication, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presaging, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, presumption, probability, probabilize, prognosis, prognostic, prognostication, prophecy, prophesying, prospect, prospects, prospectus, protocol, raise expectation, raise expectations, raise hope, reassure, reliance, sanguine expectation, security, seem likely, shadow, show a tendency, show signs of, sign, soothsay, speculation, stand fair to, statistical prediction, stipulate, stipulation, suggest, support, swear, token, tokening, transaction, troth, trust, type, understanding, undertake, undertaking, underwrite, union contract, valid contract, vaticination, vouch, vow, wage contract, warrant, warranty, well-grounded hope, word, word of honor

Etymology
From promis, promisse from  promesse: from  promissa:,  promissum:, feminine and neuter of  promissus:, past participle of promittere: < pro: + mittere:; see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native beheste, bihest "promise, behest" (from  behǣs "promise, vow"),  hight "promise" (from  hēht, past tense of  hātan "to promise"),  hat, haut "promise, vow" (from  ġehāt "promise, vow"),  quidde, quid "saying, promise". Compare forhaten, forhauten "to promise".

Noun

 * Arabic: (waʕd)
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 * Ewe: ŋugbedodo
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 * Japanese: 約束 (やくそく, yakusoku)


 * Korean: 약속 (yaksok)
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 * Kurmanji: soz, ehd, belên, newîn , wad
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 * Telugu: ఒట్టు (ottu)
 * Turkish:, vaat


 * French: promesse
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 * : toezegging

Verb

 * Amharic: ቃል ገባ (qal gäba), ቃል መግባት, (qal mägbat)
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 * Ido: promisar


 * Indonesian: berjanji, menjanjikan
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Anagrams

 * imposer, semipro

Verb
promise



Anagrams

 * imposer

Verb
promise


 * 1) third-person singular past historic of promettere

Anagrams

 * espormi, esprimo, impreso

Adjective
promise



Verb
promise