promise

Meaning

Noun

1. an oath or affirmation; a vow
2. A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
3. Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
4. A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
5. (obsolete) bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised

Verb

1. To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
2. To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.

Concepts

promise

pledge

vow

agreement

oath

commitment

assurance

contract

assure

guarantee

give one’s word

accept

warrant

engagement

covenant

swear

word

agree

friendship

affirmation

appointment

undertake

swearer

assent

plight

anticipate

forebode

foretell

predict

pact

call

prognosticate

make a promise

ensure

prospect

bond

obligation

engage

hope

resolve

consent

get engaged

outlook

arrangement

prediction

prognostication

resolution

faith

give an undertaking

make a pledge

make a vow

declaration

augur

indicate a future probability

shine

give one’s word to do

foreshow

guaranty

undertaking

compact

command

order

offering

bode

allow

curse

message

abide

abide by

accomplish

achieve

affirm

back

certify

cover

execute

exercise

fulfil

insure

keep

meet

observe

perform

protect

safeguard

secure

underwrite

vouch

reassure

determination

acquiescence

destiny

share bed and board

have a chat with

future prospects

highlight

convention

security

take an oath

prayer

date

make an appointment with

be token

foreshadow

certification

confirm

parole

avowal

assertion

deliberate declaration

admission

declare solemnly

solemn declaration

stipulation

agreeing

assenting

promising

give word

pledge one’s word

committment

grant

betroth

religious vows

decree

commandment

condition

threat

make a contract

arrange

arrange with

ask

make an agreement

engagment

troth

entrust

take leave

proposal

proposition

offer

fiancée

world

swear an oath

word of honour

entreat

sacrifice

announce

omen

aspiration

desideratum

expectation

want

wish

declare

decision

confident

instruct

commit to

covenant together

make a pact

bet

commit

devote

devotion

affiance

make sure of

permit

challenge

competition

testament

betrothe

bind

discipline

restrain

prophesy

agree to

hopeful

prospective

show promise

answer

comply

reply

constraints

pledging

recognizance

conceive

envision

figure

forecast

imagine

meditate

reflect

think

devise

foresee

wish for

keeping

plan

will

give your word

Hyphenated as

prom‧ise

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒmɪs/

Etymology

From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter of promissus, past participle of prōmittō (“I send or put forth, let go forward, say beforehand, promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native Old English ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).