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Webster 1913 Edition
Promising
Prom′is-ing
,Adj.
Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance;
– as,
promising
person; a promising
day. Prom′is-ing-ly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Promising
PROM'ISING
,ppr.
1.
Affording just expectations of good or reasonable ground of hope; as a promising youth; a promising prospect. [In this sense, the word may be a participle or an adjective.]Definition 2024
promising
promising
English
Adjective
promising (comparative more promising, superlative most promising)
- Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
- Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
Translations
showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion
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Verb
promising
- present participle of promise
Noun
promising (plural promisings)
- The act of making a promise.
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
- 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".
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)