 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
promising
adjective
1: showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a
promising young man"
2: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the
scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political
career" [syn: {bright}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Promise \Prom"ise\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Promised}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Promising}.]
1. To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing,
giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage;
as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of
hostilities; to promise the payment of money. ''To promise
aid.'' --Shak.
2. To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of;
as, the clouds promise rain. --Milton.
3. To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some
benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow;
as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the
city promised a reward.
{Promised land}. See {Land of promise}, under {Land}.
{To promise one's self}.
(a) To resolve; to determine; to vow.
(b) To be assured; to have strong confidence.
I dare promise myself you will attest the truth
of all I have advanced. --Rambler.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Promising \Prom"is*ing\, adjective
Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance;
as, promising person; a promising day. -- {Prom"is*ing*ly},
adverb
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "promising":
apt, auspicious, benign, benignant, bright, bright with promise,
cheering, couleur de rose, encouraging, fair, favorable, favoring,
foreseeable, fortunate, full of promise, golden, good, happy,
heartening, hopeful, in the cards, inspiring, inspiriting, liable,
likely, looking up, lucky, odds-on, of good omen, of happy portent,
of promise, optimistic, positive, predictable,
predictable within limits, pregnant of good, presumable,
presumptive, probable, propitious, prosperous, reassuring,
rose-colored, roseate, rosy, statistically probable, supportive,
verisimilar
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