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Meanings of promise in English

Portuguese
prognosticar
Catalan
preveure
Spanish
prever

To state, or make something known in advance, especially using inference or special knowledge.

      prognosticar
      Portuguese
      esperança
      Catalan
      esperança
      Spanish
      esperanza

      Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future.

            esperança
            Portuguese
            prometer
            Catalan
            prometre
            Spanish
            asegurar

            Make a promise or commitment.

                  prometer
                  Russian
                  промесса
                  Portuguese
                  promessas
                  Catalan
                  obligació
                  Spanish
                  promesa

                  Commitment by someone to do or not do something.

                        промесса
                        Usage of promise in English
                        1
                        Technology offers great promise with 'intelligent borders'. Hunt was educated at Oxford.
                        Reuters
                        2
                        Plans for the area hold the promise of better times to come.
                        The Irish Times
                        3
                        Hill House has fallen far short of its original promise, I think.
                        The Haunting of Hill House
                        4
                        The early signs do not offer the expected level of promise, however.
                        The Guardian
                        5
                        And yet 2015 had begun with great promise for Tunisia's tourism industry.
                        News.com.au
                        6
                        Others will take this responsibility seriously and actually deliver on their promise.
                        Wired
                        7
                        I will be holding a future UK Labour government to that promise.
                        BBC
                        8
                        There is a sense of new beginnings, new ideas and fresh promise.
                        The Irish Times
                        9
                        However, according to the National Lottery's figures, this promise has been broken.
                        The Irish Times
                        10
                        This Government came to power on a promise of openness and transparency.
                        The Irish Times
                        11
                        However, the government does have figures who promise to be independent outsiders.
                        Reuters
                        12
                        Best of all was the promise of job security and health insurance.
                        Running the books: the adventures of an accidental prison librar...
                        13
                        To illegal immigrants in the state, Obama's promise is no longer enough.
                        Reuters
                        14
                        Britain and Spain pulled back almost immediately on promise of future payment.
                        Reuters
                        15
                        The results obtained show promise for the prevention of WND in Europe.
                        Pubmed
                        16
                        He's unable to promise he'd unplug her; he needs time to think.
                        The new yorker
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                        Translations for promise
                        Promise through the time
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