What does Promising mean?

Definitions for Promising
ˈprɒm ə sɪŋpromis·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. promisingadjective

    showing possibility of achievement or excellence

    "a promising young man"

  2. bright, hopeful, promisingadjective

    full or promise

    "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"

Wiktionary

  1. promisingadjective

    Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.

  2. promisingadjective

    Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

ChatGPT

  1. promising

    Promising refers to showing signs of future success or potential. It can also mean expected or likely to succeed or to have a favorable outcome. Additionally, it can denote a commitment or assurance that one will do a particular action or that a particular event will happen.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Promising

    of Promise

  2. Promisingadjective

    making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance; as, promising person; a promising day

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Promising' in Adjectives Frequency: #856

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Promising in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Promising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Promising in a Sentence

  1. Suzanne Craft:

    Alzheimer's is a devastating illness, for which even small therapeutic gains have the potential to improve quality of life and significantly reduce the overall burden for patients, families and society, future studies are warranted to examine the safety and efficacy of this promising treatment.

  2. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

    They wrote a letter to the Iranian foreign ministry promising not to support Daesh (Islamic State), not knowing that the evidence in photographs of their military assistance to Daesh was already in the hands of the revolutionary forces (Iraq's Shi'ite-led government and militia).

  3. Marije Jongsma:

    The results are very promising . . . However, before real recommendations can be made, it should be verified if the antibacterial regimes actually lead to less gingivitis and caries in the clinical situation.

  4. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

    Just yesterday, a leader from yesterday began a campaign for president by promising to take us back to yesterday, yesterday is over -- and we're never going back.

  5. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro:

    It’s a very sad day in our city when five lives were taken from us — five promising young lives.

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