promises

Noun

promise (countable and uncountable, plural promises)

1. (countable) An oath or affirmation; a vow.
   • When I make a promise, I always stick to it.
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 their use.
   • He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), pages 547–548
3. (countable) Something promised.
   • That jewelry was a promise to me.
4. (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
   • His grade are poor, but I see promise in him.
5. (countable) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
   • You can often use observables instead of promises to deliver values asynchronously.2023 August 25, “Observables compared to other techniques”, in Angular 17 documentation, Google
6. (countable, obsolete) Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised.
   • It is time they receive their promise.

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