āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to promise
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to tell someone that one will do something or that a particular event will happen
Transitive: to promise sth | to promise to do sth
Ditransitive: to promise sb sth | to promise sb that
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She promises to attend the meeting every Monday.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make a prediction about a future event or outcome
Transitive: to promise a future event
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The astrologer promised a period of positive change and personal growth for those born under the sign of Leo.
āĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ° āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to indicate that something will happen or be the case
Transitive: to promise sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her exceptional academic performance promises a bright future in her chosen field of study.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻĢāĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
Promise
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°
a statement used to mean that one will definitely do a specific thing or something will no doubt happen
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He broke his promise to finish the project on time, causing disappointment among the team.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻ¯āĻž āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž
an assurance or declaration indicating the possible success or occurrence of something in the future
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The research project holds promise for groundbreaking discoveries in medicine.
āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
promiser
promising
promisor
promise
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
