promise
∞
1.0
- noun
- /ˈprɑːmɪs/
:
promesa
- I'm trying to make a promise to myself and keep that promise.
- make a promise
- keep a promise
- fulfil a promise
Don't believe all the promises that people tell you.
- Don't believe all the promises that people tell you.
- He in fact fulfilled his his promise that he had made.
- And that person needs you to keep a simple promise every single day.
- And the the clerk has made a promise and she has the choice.
- There was promise after promise that never came to be.
- That is the creepiest political promise since George HW Bush said this.
- And you continually don't keep the promise to yourself.
- I'm trying to make a promise to myself and keep that promise.
- And then he's like, oh, yeah, I made this promise to my friend Jonathan.
- After years of being played, why would this promise be any different?
- But beyond that, I keep my promises to myself as well.
- We legislated to make the company pension promise more and more generous.
- You're like breaking promises, all those kinds of voices coming in.
Examples
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Or do I need to remind you about the promise you made?
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It doesn't help working people to make promises and then not meet them.
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And that person needs you to keep a simple promise every single day.
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Well, first, when you make a promise, keep a promise, right?
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There was promise after promise that never came to be.
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Let us keep that promise, that American promise.
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Your father and I, we will come because you made a promise, son.
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School mental health services offer the promise of support, yet this promise is inconsistently realized.
Academic text (2011) -
I promised myself I wouldn't cry, and I've kept that promise.
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He made a promise to always be there for his friends.
Synonyms
829
3.3
A promise to support a person, cause, or plan
784
3.6
A promise that someone will do something
385
3.6
A formal promise made in a serious or official situation
103
3.4
A firm promise to do or not do something
8
4.0
A serious promise to tell the truth or keep a secret
Idioms
- Informal
1
6.8
Tell someone you will do something very big although you cannot do it
A quick, not complete job done hastily and meant to be finished properly later
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.5
Failing to keep a promise to marry someone that can lead to a court case
How Binding
∞
2.8
- Formal
385
3.6
- Formal
279
3.4
206
3.7
∞
1.0
16
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word promise comes from Latin pro- 'forward' and mittere 'to send', and it originally meant sending your 'word' forward. So a promise is a statement someone gives as a sure word that they will do or not do something.