promising

[prom-uh-sing]

adjective

1. giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well.

   a promising young man; a promising situation.

   Synonyms: favorable

promising

/ ˈprɒmɪsɪŋ /

adjective

1. showing promise of favourable development or future success

Other Word Forms

• promisingly adverb
• promisingness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of promising¹

First recorded in 1505–15; promise + -ing ²

Example Sentences

"One of the first things I told the prime minister is that we shouldn't be threatening to sell the Americans less. We should be promising to sell them more."

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When the headteacher sent a message to parents promising beefed-up security, she said she "felt reassured".

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As Gay closed the night, her brief statement encapsulated the promising energy of the center’s first gathering.

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The Conservatives are promising to roll back green energy rules to cut energy costs, amid an emerging election battleground over the cost of household bills.

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Unlike Reform, the Tories are not promising to formally disapply the Refugee Convention, a 1951 treaty that prevents signatory countries from returning refugees to countries where they face serious threats to their life or freedom.

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