Promising Definition

prŏmĭ-sĭng
adjective
Showing promise of success, excellence, etc.
Webster's New World
Likely to develop in a desirable manner.
American Heritage

Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

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verb

Present participle of promise.

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Noun

Singular:
promising
Plural:
promisings

Promising Sentence Examples

  • I sure hope you're going to deliver what you've been promising all evening.

  • Ed had suffered needlessly for hours because she had done something careless – after promising she wouldn't.

  • She'd located two promising missing children cases from the past forty-eight hours.

  • I'm not promising any miracles.  We got a lot to do to prepare the world for Hazel.

  • At Rhandea he laid down his diadem at the foot of the emperor's statue, promising not to resume it until he received it from the hand of Nero himself in Rome.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

GNGING

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With P9 Letter Words Ending With G