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promisings

promisings is the plural of promising.

Meaning of promising

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

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Questions about promisings

What is promisings the plural of?
Promisings is the plural of promising.

Words near promisings in the dictionary

  1. promising the moon
  2. promising the stars
  3. promising the world
  4. promisingly
  5. promisingness
  6. promisings
  7. promisor
  8. promisors
  9. promisory
  10. promissee
  11. promissees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: promisings (page history and authors); promising (page history and authors). 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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