Promise
31promise — This word (from the Latin promittere, meaning to send forth, to foretell, to promise ) basically means a commitment made by one person to another to perform a particular action in the future; the word has a number of different meanings: (1) in …
32promise — / prɒmɪs/ noun an act of saying that you will do something ♦ to keep a promise to do what you said you would do ● He says he will pay next week, but he never keeps his promises. ♦ to go back on a promise not to do what you said you would do ● The …
33promise — Synonyms and related words: accede, accord, actuarial prediction, adumbration, afford hope, agree, agree to, agreement, apocalypse, arrangement, aspiration, assent, assumption, assurance, assure, assured faith, augur, augur well, augury, auspice …
34promise — 1. noun 1) you broke your promise Syn: word (of honor), assurance, pledge, vow, guarantee, oath, bond, undertaking, agreement, commitment, contract, covenant 2) he shows promise Syn …
35promise — 1. noun 1) you broke your promise Syn: word (of honour), assurance, pledge, vow, guarantee, oath, bond, undertaking, agreement, commitment, contract 2) he shows promise Syn …
36promise — See: AS GOOD AS ONE S WORD, LICK AND A PROMISE …
37promise — See: AS GOOD AS ONE S WORD, LICK AND A PROMISE …
38promise — ● promis, promise nom Vieux. Fiancé, fiancée …
39promise — [14] Latin prōmittere originally meant simply ‘send forth’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō ‘forward’ and mittere ‘send’, source of English mission, missile, transmit, etc). But it soon evolved metaphorically via ‘say in advance …
40promise — See: as good as one s word, lick and a promise …
