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promising

Syllables: prom·is·ing/ˈpɹɒmɪsɪŋ/US/ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/

promising adjective: showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion. Also the present participle and gerund of promise.

Adjective

promising (comparative more promising, superlative most promising)

  1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
    • a promising young apprentice
    • The obtained low and anisotropic thermal conductivity, and feasibility of synthesis, in addition to other reports on high electron mobility, make arsenene a promising material for a variety of applications, including thermal management and thermoelectric devices..2015, M. Zeraati, S. M. Vaez Allaei, I. Abdolhosseini Sarsari, M. Pourfath, D. Donadio, “Highly Anistoropic Thermal Conductivity of Arsenene: An ab initio Study”, in arXiv
    Synonyms:
    favorable
  2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
    Synonyms:
    hot

Noun

promising (plural promisings)

  1. The act of making a promise.
    • So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights, page 299

Also used as

promising is also the present participle and gerund of promise.

promising meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

promising in Hindi

showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion
होनहार honhār

promising in Tamil

வாக்குறுதியளிக்கும்

promising in Telugu

హామీ ఇస్తున్నారు

promising in Malayalam

വാഗ്ദാനം നൽകുന്നു
More languagesFewer languages
promising in Kannada
ಭರವಸೆ ನೀಡುವುದು
promising in Nepali
प्रतिज्ञा गर्दै

Examples of promising in a sentence

  • He's a promising young go-getter, but he needs to learn some things about office politics.
  • It was a promising idea, but the evidence did not bear out their theory.
  • The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.

All 40 example sentences with promising

Synonyms of promising

Forms of promising

Adjective
comparativemore promising
superlativemost promising
Noun
pluralpromisings

Words formed from promising

Phrases with promising

Questions about promising

What does promising mean?
Promising means showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
What is promising in Hindi?
Promising in Hindi is होनहार (honhār). See Promising meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is promising?
Promising can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce promising?
Promising is pronounced /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/ (US).

Words near promising in the dictionary

  1. promises the world
  2. promises, promises
  3. promisest
  4. promiseth
  5. promisin'
  6. promising
  7. promising the earth
  8. promising the moon
  9. promising the stars
  10. promising the world
  11. promisingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: promising (page history and authors); promising (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); promising (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); promising (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); promising (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); promising (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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