promised

Adjective

promised (not comparable)

1. Predicted; expected; anticipated.
   • On December 16, the Times reported that if the promised weather change came, Robert would likely take off the next day.2013, Lanayre D. Liggera, The Life of Robert Loraine: The Stage, the Sky, and George Bernard Shaw, →ISBN
   • Not only was there still no sign of the promised economic recovery, but their presentational skills lapsed into farce.2014, John Crace, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, →ISBN
2. Under obligation to some future commitment, such as a marriage or vocation.
   • After a moment, as they danced, he put the question, and she said, “I am promised to Neskaya Tower.2013, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Two To Conquer, →ISBN
   • The violins struck up and in one move the Prince swept Konstantina so close to his chest that she gasped. “Sir,” she heard herself remonstrate as they began to circle the floor, “please remember that I am promised to the Baron!”2015, Barbara Cartland, Love by Moonlight, →ISBN
3. Due to become manifest because of a past promise.
   • If this son was not the promised savior, at least he could be the forefather of the Messiah, and Eve knew it. After expecting the promised seed for a hundred and thirty years, her hope and expectations had given place to despondency and hopelessness.2010, Lloyd A. Atabansi, The Promised Seed: The Origin of Evil, Mankind and the Godly Seed, →ISBN
   • He then departed to wait, with impatience, for the next day, and the promised appointment.2015, John Walker, John Aubrey, Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, →ISBN