"promising" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈpɹɒmɪsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more promising [comparative], most promising [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} promising (comparative more promising, superlative most promising)
  1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion. Translations (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion): խոստումնալից (xostumnalicʻ) (Armenian), шматабяца́ючы (šmatabjacájučy) (Belarusian), многаабяца́ючы (mnohaabjacájučy) (Belarusian), (много)обещаващ (alt: (mnogo)obeštavašt) (Bulgarian), prometedor (Catalan), 有為 (Chinese Mandarin), 有为 (yǒuwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), 有望 (yǒuwàng) (Chinese Mandarin), slibný (Czech), nadějný (Czech), hoopgevend (Dutch), veelbelovend (Dutch), promesanta (Esperanto), prometteur (French), vielversprechend (German), erfolgsversprechend (German), होनहार (honhār) (Hindi), ígéretes (Hungarian), biztató (Hungarian), reményteli (Hungarian), reménykeltő (Hungarian), sokat ígérő (Hungarian), tréitheach (Irish), incoraggiante (Italian), promettente (Italian), 有望な (yūbō-na) (alt: ゆうぼうな) (Japanese), 有為な (yūi-na) (alt: ゆういな) (Japanese), 약속하는 (yaksokhaneun) (Korean), magnae speī (Latin), lovende (Norwegian Bokmål), promissor (Portuguese), многообеща́ющий (mnogoobeščájuščij) (Russian), перспекти́вный (perspektívnyj) (Russian), gealltanach (Scottish Gaelic), dòchasach (Scottish Gaelic), prometedor (Spanish), halagüeño (Spanish), lovande (Swedish), löftesrik (Swedish), багатообіця́ючий (bahatoobicjájučyj) (Ukrainian), багатообіця́льний (bahatoobicjálʹnyj) (Ukrainian), перспекти́вний (perspektývnyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
    Sense id: en-promising-en-adj-2cBYc--I

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈpɹɒmɪsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: promisings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} promising (plural promisings)
  1. The act of making a promise.
    Sense id: en-promising-en-noun-rbgm8iZW

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈpɹɒmɪsɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} promising
  1. present participle and gerund of promise Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: promise
    Sense id: en-promising-en-verb-5GE7RO-~

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "mnogoobeščájuščij",
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          "word": "многообеща́ющий"
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          "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
          "word": "багатообіця́ючий"
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          "ref": "2015, M. Zeraati, S. M. Vaez Allaei, I. Abdolhosseini Sarsari, M. Pourfath, D. Donadio, “Highly Anistoropic Thermal Conductivity of Arsenene: An ab initio Study”, in arXiv:",
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      "word": "(много)обещаващ"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "有為"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "有为"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "有望"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "slibný"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "hoopgevend"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "promesanta"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "prometteur"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "ígéretes"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "reménykeltő"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "sokat ígérő"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "tréitheach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "incoraggiante"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "promettente"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "약속하는"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "magnae speī"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "lovende"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "dòchasach"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "lovande"
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "löftesrik"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatoobicjájučyj",
      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "багатообіця́ючий"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "bahatoobicjálʹnyj",
      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
      "word": "багатообіця́льний"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion",
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          "text": "So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution \"I promise\".",
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