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Definition promise

Etymology

From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin pr?missa, Latin pr?missum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter of promissus, past participle of pr?mitt? (“I send or put forth, let go forward, say beforehand, promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native Middle English beheste, bihest (“promise, behest”) (from Old English beh?s (“promise, vow”)), Middle English hight (“promise”) (from Old English h?ht, past tense of Old English h?tan (“to promise”)), Middle English hat, haut (“promise, vow”) (from Old English ?eh?t (“promise, vow”) derived from ?eh?tan), Middle English quidde, quid (“saying, promise”). Compare Middle English forhaten, forhauten (“to promise”).

Noun

promise (countable and uncountable, plural promises)

1. (countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow
2. (countable) a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use
3. (uncountable) reason to expect improvement or success; potential
4. (countable, computing, programming) a placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation
5. (countable, obsolete) bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised

Verb

promise (third-person singular simple present promises, present participle promising, simple past and past participle promised)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
2. (intransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.

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