See promise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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 past participles of prōmittō (“I send forth, I say beforehand, I promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).",
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"text": "if I make a promise, I always stick to it",
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"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "sq",
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"sense": "vow",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
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"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xostum",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "խոստում"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "söz"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "vəd"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "vəğəźə",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "вәғәҙә"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abjacánnje",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "абяца́нне"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "oṅgikar",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "অঙ্গীকার"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "protisruti",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "প্রতিশ্রুতি"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obeštánie",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обеща́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "ka.ti.",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ကတိ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hkam-wanhkyak",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ခံဝန်ချက်"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
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{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "諾言"
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{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nuòyán",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "诺言"
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{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "答應"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāying",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "答应"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "許諾"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xǔnuò",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "许诺"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìyán",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "誓言"
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{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "承諾"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chéngnuò",
"sense": "vow",
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{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prumèssa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "slib"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "løfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "belofte"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "promeso"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "lubadus"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ŋugbedodo"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "eiti"
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{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lyfti"
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{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "lupaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vœu"
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{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesse"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daṗireba",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "დაპირება"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Versprechen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypóschesi",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "υπόσχεση"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epangelía",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἐπαγγελία"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupóskhesis",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὑπόσχεσις"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "havtakhá",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "הַבְטָחָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "néder",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "נֶדֶר"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "hil",
"lang": "Hiligaynon",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "panaad"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vacan",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "वचन"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śapath",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शपथ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "vādā",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "वादा"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "saugand",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "सौगन्द"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ígéret"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "loforð"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "promissa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gealltanas"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promessa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giuramento"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voto"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"alt": "やくそく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yakusoku",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "約束"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "uäde",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "уәде"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "uağda",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "уағда"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "piək sɑnyaa",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ពាក្យសន្យា"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"alt": "約束",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yaksok",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "약속"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bellên",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "بەڵێن"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "soz"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ehd"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "belên"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "newîn"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wad"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "ubada",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "убада"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kham san nyā",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ຄຳສັນຍາ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prōmissum"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promissiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "solījums"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pažadas"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "nds",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"Paderbornisch",
"Sauerländisch",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Verspriäken"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Verspriechen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verspriechung"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vetuvanje",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ветување"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "janji"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wegħda"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "gialdin"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "wahadi"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "kupu taurangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "amlalt",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "амлалт"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "vacan",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "वचन"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "løfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "løfte"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ġehāt"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "vaʾad",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "وعد"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "wāda",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "واده"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "wa'da",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وعده"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "žmᶕna",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ژمنه"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "va'deh",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "وعده قول"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promëssa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obietnica"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promessa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 2 4 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
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{
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"neuter"
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
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"masculine"
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{
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{
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"neuter"
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"feminine"
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{
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"feminine"
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{
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"feminine"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
"code": "is",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "ia",
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"word": "promissa"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giuramento"
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{
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],
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{
"code": "kk",
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"roman": "uäde",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "уәде"
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{
"code": "kk",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "уағда"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "약속"
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{
"code": "ckb",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "بەڵێن"
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "soz"
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{
"code": "kmr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "kmr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
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"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wad"
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{
"code": "ky",
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"roman": "ubada",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "убада"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kham san nyā",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "ຄຳສັນຍາ"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"Sauerländisch",
"neuter"
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "lb",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
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{
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{
"code": "mt",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"neuter"
],
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"neuter"
],
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"neuter"
],
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{
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "وعد"
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{
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"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "واده"
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{
"code": "ps",
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"roman": "wa'da",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ps",
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"roman": "žmᶕna",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ژمنه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "va'deh",
"sense": "vow",
"word": "وعده قول"
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{
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "obietnica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promessa"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "legământ"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "vow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"code": "sa",
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"sense": "vow",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sa",
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"roman": "śapatha",
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"masculine"
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"word": "शपथ"
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{
"code": "sa",
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"neuter"
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"code": "sa",
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{
"code": "sc",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sco",
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"word": "behecht"
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{
"code": "gd",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "si",
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{
"code": "sk",
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{
"code": "sl",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "so",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "wacad"
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "promesa"
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{
"code": "sw",
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"word": "ahadi"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"code": "tg",
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"sense": "vow",
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{
"code": "th",
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"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "tk",
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"code": "uk",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "ur",
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{
"code": "ug",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "ۋەدە"
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{
"code": "uz",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "vaʼda"
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{
"code": "uz",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "soʻz"
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{
"code": "vec",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "vow",
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{
"code": "vo",
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"word": "prom"
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{
"code": "war",
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"sense": "vow",
"word": "sa-ad"
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{
"code": "cy",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "yi",
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"word": "צוזאָג"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "gl",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Versprechen"
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{
"code": "it",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "la",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "la",
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"code": "lb",
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"word": "a promise is a promise"
},
{
"word": "a promise made is a promise kept"
},
{
"word": "breach of promise"
},
{
"word": "break a promise"
},
{
"word": "break one's promise"
},
{
"word": "break-promise"
},
{
"word": "election promise"
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{
"word": "lick and a promise"
},
{
"word": "on a promise"
},
{
"word": "pinky promise"
},
{
"word": "promise ring"
},
{
"word": "promise the earth"
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{
"word": "promise the moon"
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{
"word": "promise the stars"
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{
"word": "promise the world"
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{
"word": "promisor"
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{
"word": "promissory"
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"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.",
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{
"text": "If you promise not to tell anyone, I will let you have this cake for free.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "She promised to never return to this town again.",
"type": "example"
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{
"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.",
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"text": "The clouds promise rain.",
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{
"ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:",
"text": "I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.",
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[
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/ˈpɹɑmɪs/",
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"rhymes": "(General American) -ɑmɪs"
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"word": "halsen"
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{
"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": [
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],
"word": "وعد"
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"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "to commit to something",
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},
{
"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": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pratijñā",
"sense": "to commit to something",
"word": "प्रतिज्ञा"
},
{
"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"
}
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"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": qowl vs. va'deh",
"path": [
"promise"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "promise",
"trace": ""
}
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