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. Paul Edwards:

    Getting a diagnosis of dementia can be time consuming and quite frustrating for many people, so it's promising that earlier indicators of cognitive decline are in development.

  2. Tom Perez:

    I fundamentally disagree with Heath Mello's personal beliefs about women's reproductive health. It is a promising step that Mello now shares the Democratic Party's position on women's fundamental rights. Every candidate who runs as a Democrat should do the same, because every woman should be able to make her own health choices. Period.

  3. Entrepreneur Jonathan Yaney:

    SpinLaunch fills this gap by providing dedicated orbital launch with high frequency at a magnitude lower cost than any current niche launch system, this will truly be a disruptive enabler for the emerging commercial space industry. There is a promising market surge in the demand for LEO constellations of inexpensive small satellites for disaster monitoring, weather, reconnaissance, communications and other services.

  4. Bob Brown:

    I would describe it as early days … promising, but early.

  5. The MTA:

    This is a first of its kind pilot when it comes to transportation agencies around the world and we are proud to be a part of it, for nearly three months, The MTA has worked relentlessly to disinfect our entire fleet of subways and buses but we've always promised that we would explore any and all new approaches available to us as well. The launch of this UVC pilot represents a promising next step in our ongoing efforts to identify technologies that can keep our customers and employees as safe as possible.

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