promise

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Synonyms: premise, promisee, promis, prosise, bromise

Antonyms: premise, promisee, promis, prosise, bromise

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[oath]] or [[affirmation]]; a [[vow]].
2. {{lb|en|countable|legal}} 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 their use.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} Something promised.
4. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Reason to expect improvement or success; [[potential]].
5. {{lb|en|countable|programming}} A [[placeholder]] [[object]] representing the eventual result of an [[asynchronous]] operation.
6. {{lb|en|countable|obsolete}} [[bestowal|Bestowal]] or [[fulfillment]] of what is promised.

Verb

1. {{sid|en|to commit}} {{lb|en|ambitransitive|ditransitive}} To [[commit]] to (some action or outcome), or to [[assure]] (a person) of such commitment; to make an [[oath]] or [[vow]].
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To give grounds for [[expectation]], especially of something good.

Proper noun

1. {{given name|en|female|from=English}}.

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