Definitions for promising
ˈprɒm ə sɪŋpromis·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. promisingadjective

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

2. promisingadjective

   Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce promising?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say promising in sign language?

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. Long Liu:

   What the company is promising is a fictitious tale. This is not like a real investment because it will never be realized or returned.

2. Judy Shelton:

   Our government is promising so much to so many and at the same time we let the government control the value of our money and all of that would really go against the grain with our Founders -- who did not see it as the government's task to supply everything to everybody, they saw the government's task to be to protect private property and that's why they wanted limited government because they knew.

3. Tamir Rice:

   Tamir was a bright child, he had a promising future and he was very talented in all sports: soccer, basketball, football, he was my baby.

4. Ron Butler:

   I just wanted to say that Tray was an incredible young man and had a very promising career ahead of him, he will be missed.

5. Stéphane Bancel:

   It is promising to see clinical and real-world evidence adding to the growing body of data on the effectiveness of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=promising
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Promising
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/promising
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=promising