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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*mey- (change)"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "promis",
"4": "promis, promisse"
},
"expansion": "Middle English promis, promisse",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "promesse"
},
"expansion": "Old French promesse",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "prōmissa"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin prōmissa",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "prōmissum",
"t": "a promise"
},
"expansion": "Latin prōmissum (“a promise”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "promissus"
},
"expansion": "promissus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "prōmittō",
"t": "I send or put forth, let go forward, say beforehand, promise"
},
"expansion": "prōmittō (“I send or put forth, let go forward, say beforehand, promise”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "pro",
"3": "",
"4": "forth"
},
"expansion": "pro (“forth”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mittere",
"3": "",
"4": "to send"
},
"expansion": "mittere (“to send”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mission"
},
"expansion": "mission",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "admit"
},
"expansion": "admit",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "commit"
},
"expansion": "commit",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "permit"
},
"expansion": "permit",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ġehātan",
"3": "",
"4": "to promise"
},
"expansion": "Old English ġehātan (“to promise”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ġehāt",
"3": "",
"4": "a promise"
},
"expansion": "ġehāt (“a promise”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter of promissus, past participle of prōmittō (“I send or put forth, let go forward, say beforehand, promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native Old English ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "promises",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "promise (countable and uncountable, plural promises)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"prom‧ise"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 16 10 20 9 11 19",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Directives",
"orig": "en:Directives",
"parents": [
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "if I make a promise, I always stick to it; he broke his promise",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an oath or affirmation; a vow"
],
"id": "en-promise-en-noun-UVD20lvx",
"links": [
[
"oath",
"oath"
],
[
"affirmation",
"affirmation"
],
[
"vow",
"vow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow"
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "premtim"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zotim"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕd",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَعْد"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕda",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وَعْدَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕd",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "وعد"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕad",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَعَد"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostum",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "խոստում"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "söz"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "vəd"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "vəğəźə",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "вәғәҙә"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abjacánnje",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "абяца́нне"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "oṅgikar",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "অঙ্গীকার"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "protisruti",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "প্রতিশ্রুতি"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obeštánie",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обеща́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ka.ti.",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ကတိ"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hkam-wanhkyak",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ခံဝန်ချက်"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "諾言"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nuòyán",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "诺言"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "答應"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāying",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "答应"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "許諾"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xǔnuò",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "许诺"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìyán",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "誓言"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "承諾"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngnuò",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "承诺"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prumèssa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slib"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "løfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "belofte"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "promeso"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "lubadus"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ŋugbedodo"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lyfti"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "lupaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vœu"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesse"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṗireba",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "დაპირება"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Versprechen"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypóschesi",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "υπόσχεση"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epangelía",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἐπαγγελία"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupóskhesis",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὑπόσχεσις"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "havtakhá",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הַבְטָחָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "néder",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "נֶדֶר"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "panaad"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vacan",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "वचन"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śapath",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शपथ"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vādā",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "वादा"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "saugand",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "सौगन्द"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ígéret"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "loforð"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "promissa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gealltanas"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promessa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giuramento"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"alt": "やくそく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yakusoku",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "約束"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "uäde",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "уәде"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "uağda",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "уағда"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "piək sɑnyaa",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ពាក្យសន្យា"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"alt": "約束",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yaksok",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "약속"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bellên",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "بەڵێن"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "soz"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ehd"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "belên"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "newîn"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wad"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ubada",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "убада"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kham san nyā",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ຄຳສັນຍາ"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prōmissum"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promissiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solījums"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pažadas"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"Paderbornisch",
"Sauerländisch",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Verspriäken"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Verspriechen"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verspriechung"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vetuvanje",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ветување"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "janji"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wegħda"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "gialdin"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "wahadi"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "kupu taurangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "amlalt",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "амлалт"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "vacan",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "वचन"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "løfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "løfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 2 2 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ġehāt"
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"form": "promises",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "promising",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "promised",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "promised",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"prom‧ise"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "promised"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "promisee"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "promising"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "promisor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "promissory"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "15 16 10 20 9 11 19",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Directives",
"orig": "en:Directives",
"parents": [
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1936 Aug., Ernest Hemingway, \"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber\", Cosmopolitan",
"text": "\"You think that I'll take anything.\"\n\"I know you will, sweet.\" …\n\"There wasn't going to be any of that. You promised there wouldn't be.\"\n\"Well, there is now,\" she said sweetly."
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70",
"text": "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "If you promise not to tell anyone, I will let you have this cake for free.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She promised to never return to this town again.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He promised me a big kiss if I would drive him to the airport.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I can't promise success, but I'll do the best I can.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow."
],
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"transitive",
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"intransitive",
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[
"commit",
"commit"
],
[
"assure",
"assure"
],
[
"oath",
"oath"
],
[
"vow",
"vow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "belowe"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "premtoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕada",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "وَعَدَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taʕahhada",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "تَعَهَّدَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕad",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "وعد"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕad",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "وَعَد"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostanal",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "խոստանալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometer"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "vəd vermək"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "söz vermək"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "vəd etmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abjacácʹ",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "абяца́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paabjacácʹ",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "паабяца́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obeštávam",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обеща́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obeštája",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обеща́я"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "wanhkam",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ဝန်ခံ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ama.hkam",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "အာမခံ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometre"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "saad"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "aduisdiha",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "諾言"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nuòyán",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "诺言"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "答應"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāying",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "答应"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "許諾"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xǔnuò",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "许诺"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "承諾"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngnuò",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "承诺"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "保證"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎozhèng",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "保证"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "slibovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "slíbit"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "love"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "beloven"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promesi"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lubama"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lova"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "geva lyfti"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "luvata"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promettre"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometre"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometer"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṗireba",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "დაპირება"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "versprechen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypóschomai",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "υπόσχομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupiskhnéomai",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ὑπισχνέομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epangéllomai",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ἐπαγγέλλομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "pwomèt"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hivtíakh",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "הִבְטִיחַ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vacan denā",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "वचन देना"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ígér"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "megígér"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lofa"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "heita"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "strengja heit"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promisar"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "berjanji"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "menjanjikan"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promettere"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "giurare"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"alt": "やくそくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yakusoku suru",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "約束する"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "mangaku"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "uäde beru",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "уәде беру"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sɑnyaa",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "សន្យា"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yaksokhada",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "약속하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bellêndan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "بەڵێندان"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "söz berüü",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "сөз берүү"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ubada berüü",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "убада берүү"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "san nyā",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ສັນຍາ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hai san nyā",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ໃຫ້ສັນຍາ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "polliceor"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prōmittō"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "spondeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "solīt"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "žadėti"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ʼaamẋaam¹",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ᦁᦱᦙᦃᦱᧄᧈ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "verspriechen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vetuva",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ветува"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "berjanji"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "wegħed"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "okm",
"lang": "Middle Korean",
"roman": "pyekita",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "벼기다"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "amlax",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "амлах"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ádee hazhdidziih"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "baca garnu",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "वाचा गर्नु"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promettre"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "love"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lova"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "oběštati",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обѣщати"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "oběščati",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обѣщати"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "oběčati",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обѣчати"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ġehātan"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qowl dâdan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "قول دادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "va'de dâdan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "وعده دادن"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obiecywać"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obiecać"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometer"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promite"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obeščátʹ",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обеща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poobeščátʹ",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пообеща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promìtere"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "обѐћати"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обећа́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "obèćati"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "is",
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{
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{
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{
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],
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "vow",
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{
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "بەڵێن"
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{
"code": "kmr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
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{
"code": "kmr",
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"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wad"
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{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "убада"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kham san nyā",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ຄຳສັນຍາ"
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{
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"tags": [
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],
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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
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],
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"neuter"
],
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "mt",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "gv",
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"word": "gialdin"
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{
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "wahadi"
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{
"code": "mi",
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{
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],
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{
"code": "nn",
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],
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{
"code": "ota",
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],
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{
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{
"code": "ps",
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"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ژمنه"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "va'deh",
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"word": "وعده قول"
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{
"code": "pms",
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"sense": "vow",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "ro",
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{
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{
"code": "ro",
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
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{
"code": "sco",
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{
"code": "gd",
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{
"code": "sh",
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{
"code": "si",
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{
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{
"code": "so",
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{
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sw",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"code": "tl",
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{
"code": "te",
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"sense": "vow",
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{
"code": "th",
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{
"code": "tr",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "uz",
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"code": "uz",
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}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter of promissus, past participle of prōmittō (“I send or put forth, let go forward, say beforehand, promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native Old English ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "promises",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "promising",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "promised",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "promised",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "promise (third-person singular simple present promises, present participle promising, simple past and past participle promised)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"prom‧ise"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "promised"
},
{
"word": "promisee"
},
{
"word": "promising"
},
{
"word": "promisor"
},
{
"word": "promissory"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1936 Aug., Ernest Hemingway, \"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber\", Cosmopolitan",
"text": "\"You think that I'll take anything.\"\n\"I know you will, sweet.\" …\n\"There wasn't going to be any of that. You promised there wouldn't be.\"\n\"Well, there is now,\" she said sweetly."
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70",
"text": "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "If you promise not to tell anyone, I will let you have this cake for free.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She promised to never return to this town again.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He promised me a big kiss if I would drive him to the airport.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I can't promise success, but I'll do the best I can.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"commit",
"commit"
],
[
"assure",
"assure"
],
[
"oath",
"oath"
],
[
"vow",
"vow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The clouds promise rain.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good."
],
"links": [
[
"expectation",
"expectation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɹɒmɪs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɹɑmɪs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "(Received Pronunciation) -ɒmɪs"
},
{
"rhymes": "(General American) -ɑmɪs"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-promise.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1e/En-us-promise.ogg/En-us-promise.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/En-us-promise.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "halsen"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "promyse"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "belowe"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "premtoj"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕada",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "وَعَدَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taʕahhada",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "تَعَهَّدَ"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕad",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "وعد"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "waʕad",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "وَعَد"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostanal",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "խոստանալ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometer"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "vəd vermək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "söz vermək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "vəd etmək"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abjacácʹ",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "абяца́ць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paabjacácʹ",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "паабяца́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obeštávam",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обеща́вам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obeštája",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обеща́я"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "wanhkam",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ဝန်ခံ"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ama.hkam",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "အာမခံ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometre"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "saad"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "aduisdiha",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "諾言"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nuòyán",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "诺言"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "答應"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāying",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "答应"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "許諾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xǔnuò",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "许诺"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "承諾"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngnuò",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "承诺"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "保證"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǎozhèng",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "保证"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "slibovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "slíbit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "love"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "beloven"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promesi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lubama"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lova"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "geva lyfti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "luvata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promettre"
},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometer"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṗireba",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "დაპირება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "versprechen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypóschomai",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "υπόσχομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupiskhnéomai",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ὑπισχνέομαι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epangéllomai",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ἐπαγγέλλομαι"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "pwomèt"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hivtíakh",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "הִבְטִיחַ"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vacan denā",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "वचन देना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ígér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "megígér"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lofa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "heita"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "strengja heit"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promisar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "berjanji"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "menjanjikan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promettere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "giurare"
},
{
"alt": "やくそくする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yakusoku suru",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "約束する"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "mangaku"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "uäde beru",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "уәде беру"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sɑnyaa",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "សន្យា"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yaksokhada",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "약속하다"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bellêndan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "بەڵێندان"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "söz berüü",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "сөз берүү"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ubada berüü",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "убада берүү"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "san nyā",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ສັນຍາ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "hai san nyā",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ໃຫ້ສັນຍາ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "polliceor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prōmittō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "spondeō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "solīt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "žadėti"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ʼaamẋaam¹",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ᦁᦱᦙᦃᦱᧄᧈ"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "verspriechen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vetuva",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ветува"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "berjanji"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "wegħed"
},
{
"code": "okm",
"lang": "Middle Korean",
"roman": "pyekita",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "벼기다"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "amlax",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "амлах"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ádee hazhdidziih"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "baca garnu",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "वाचा गर्नु"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promettre"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "love"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lova"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "oběštati",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обѣщати"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "oběščati",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обѣщати"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "oběčati",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обѣчати"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ġehātan"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qowl dâdan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "قول دادن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "va'de dâdan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "وعده دادن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obiecywać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obiecać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promite"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obeščátʹ",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обеща́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poobeščátʹ",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пообеща́ть"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promìtere"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "обѐћати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обећа́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "obèćati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obećávati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "sľubovať"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "sľúbiť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "obljubiti"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "sös ber-",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "сӧс бер-"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "prometer"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "-ahidi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lova"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "mangako"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "vaʾda dodan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ваъда додан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "qavl dodan",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "қавл додан"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hâi-sǎn-yaa",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "ให้สัญญา"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎn-yaa",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "สัญญา"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "söz vermek"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "söz bermek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obicjáty",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обіця́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poobicjáty",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "пообіця́ти"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "vaʻda bermoq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "hứa"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "promön"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "addo"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "tsuzogn",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "צוזאָגן"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "lérí"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "baššara",
"sense": "To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good",
"word": "بَشَّرَ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"election promise"
],
"word": "promise"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": qowl vs. va'deh",
"path": [
"promise"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "promise",
"trace": ""
}
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