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General dictionaries General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. promise: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. promise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. promise: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. promise: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. Promise: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. promise: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. promise: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. promise: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. promise: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. promise (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. Promise, promise: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. promise: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. promise: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
  14. Promise (Ciara song), Promise (Jagged Edge song), Promise (Kanon episode), Promise (Sade album), Promise (Simple Plan song), Promise (album), Promise (disambiguation), Promise (programming), Promise (rapper), Promise, The Promise (Chaim Potok novel), The Promise (Chi Rho album), The Promise (Cockman Family album), The Promise (Fly to the Sky album), The Promise (Forgotten Tales album), The Promise (Larry Sanders Episode), The Promise (Mike Pinder album), The Promise (Passion Play), The Promise (T'Pau album), The Promise (album), The Promise (film), The Promise (movie), The Promise (play), The Promise (single), The Promise (song), The Promise: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  15. Promise: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  16. promise: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  17. promise: Rhymezone [home, info]
  18. promise: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  19. promise: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  20. promise: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  21. promise: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  22. promise: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  23. promise: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  24. promise: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. promise: Webster's New World Law Dictionary [home, info]
  2. promise: Law.com Dictionary [home, info]
  3. promise: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
  4. Promise: Construction Term Glossary [home, info]
  5. PROMISE: Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition [home, info]
  6. Promise (disambiguation), promise: Legal dictionary [home, info]
  7. promise: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. promise: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PROMISE: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PROMISE: Acronym Finder [home, info]
  2. promise: Idioms [home, info]

Quick definitions (promise)

noun:  grounds for feeling hopeful about the future ("There is little or no promise that he will recover")
noun:  a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
verb:  give grounds for expectations ("The results promised fame and glory")
verb:  make a promise or commitment
verb:  promise to undertake or give ("I promise you my best effort")
verb:  make a prediction about; tell in advance
name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #49914)

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Phrases that include promise:   breach of promise, illusory promise, promise of marriage, aleatory promise, promise ring, more...

Words similar to promise:   anticipate, assure, call, forebode, foretell, hope, predict, prognosticate, promised, promisee, promiser, promising, promisor, oath, word, more...


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