| NOUN | communication | promise | a verbal / verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future |
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| cognition | promise, hope | grounds for feeling hopeful about the future | |
| VERB | communication | promise, assure | make a promise or commitment |
| communication | promise | promise to undertake or give | |
| communication | promise, predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate | make a prediction about | |
| stative | promise | give grounds for expectations |
| Sounds | praa'mahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | A verbal / verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future. | |
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| Narrower | betrothal, troth, engagement | A mutual promise to marry |
| oath | A solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior | |
| parole, word, word of honor | A promise | |
| pinning | A mutual promise of a couple not to date / date anyone else | |
| rain check | A promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future | |
| Broader | commitment, dedication | A message that makes a pledge |
| speech act | The use of language to perform some act | |
| Spanish | promesa | |
| Catalan | promesa | |
| Adjectives | promissory | relating to or having the character of a promise |
| Verbs | promise | make a promise or commitment |
| promise | promise to undertake or give | |
| Meaning | grounds for feeling hopeful about the future. | |
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| Example | "there is little or no promise that he will recover" | |
| Synonym | hope | |
| Narrower | rainbow | An illusory hope |
| Broader | expectation, outlook, prospect | belief about (or mental picture of) the future |
| Spanish | esperanza, promesa | |
| Catalan | esperança | |
| Verbs | promise | promise to undertake or give |
| promise | give grounds for expectations | |
| Meaning | make a promise or commitment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They promise him to write the letter | |
| Synonym | assure | |
| Entailed by | renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on | fail to fulfill a promise or obligation |
| Narrower | contract, undertake | Enter into a contractual arrangement |
| pledge, plight | promise solemnly and formally | |
| swear off | promise to abstain from | |
| undertake, guarantee | promise to do or accomplish | |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| Spanish | asegurar, prometer | |
| Catalan | assegurar, prometre | |
| Adjectives | promissory | relating to or having the character of a promise |
| Nouns | promise | a verbal / verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future |
| promisee | a person to whom a promise is made | |
| promiser, promisor | a person who makes a promise | |
| Meaning | promise to undertake or give. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Model | They promise the money to them; They promise them the money | |
| Example | "I promise you my best effort" | |
| Broader | declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| Spanish | asegurar, prometer | |
| Adjectives | promissory | relating to or having the character of a promise |
| Nouns | promise | grounds for feeling hopeful about the future |
| promise | a verbal / verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future | |
| promisee | a person to whom a promise is made | |
| promisor | a person who makes a promise | |
| Meaning | make a prediction about; tell in advance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate | |
| Narrower | augur | predict from an omen |
| bet, wager | Maintain with or as if with a bet | |
| forecast, calculate | predict in advance | |
| prophesy, vaticinate | predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration | |
| read | interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky | |
| second-guess, outguess | attempt to anticipate or predict | |
| Broader | guess, venture, pretend, hazard | Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation |
| Spanish | anticipar, augurar, predecir, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar | |
| Catalan | anticipar, augurar, predir, presagiar, preveure, pronosticar, vaticinar | |
| Meaning | Give grounds for expectations. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The results promised fame and glory" | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Nouns | promise | grounds for feeling hopeful about the future |
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