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promise
Overview of noun promise
The noun promise has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (8) promise -- (a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future)
2. (8) promise, hope -- (grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover")
Overview of verb promise
The verb promise has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (26) promise, assure -- (make a promise or commitment)
2. (11) promise -- (promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort")
3. (5) predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise -- (make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election")
4. (3) promise -- (give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun promise
2 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> commitment, dedication
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
promise, hope
=> expectation, outlook, prospect
=> belief
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun promise
2 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise
=> oath
=> parole, word, word of honor
=> betrothal, troth, engagement
=> pinning
=> rain check
Sense 2
promise, hope
=> rainbow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun promise
2 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise
=> speech act
=> commitment, dedication
Sense 2
promise, hope
=> expectation, outlook, prospect
Antonyms of noun promise
Member Holonyms of noun promise
Substance Holonyms of noun promise
Part Holonyms of noun promise
Member Meronyms of noun promise
Substance Meronyms of noun promise
Part Meronyms of noun promise
Meronyms of noun promise
Holonyms of noun promise
Attributes of noun promise
Derived Forms of noun promise
2 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise
RELATED TO>(verb) promise#2
=> promise
RELATED TO>(verb) promise#1
=> promise, assure
Sense 2
promise, hope
RELATED TO>(verb) promise#4
=> promise
RELATED TO>(verb) promise#2
=> promise
Domain of noun promise
Domain Terms of noun promise
Familiarity of noun promise
promise used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun promise
2 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise
> speech act
=> congratulation, felicitation
=> slander
=> proposal, proposition
=> command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> agreement
=> citation
=> disagreement
=> offer, offering
=> request, asking
=> reply, response
=> description
=> affirmation, assertion, statement
=> denial
=> rejection
=> objection
=> informing, making known
=> disclosure, revelation, revealing
=> promise
=> boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
=> naming
=> challenge
=> explanation
=> denunciation, denouncement
=> address, speech
=> resignation
> commitment, dedication
=> oath, swearing
=> affirmation
=> promise
=> assurance, pledge
Sense 2
promise, hope
> expectation, outlook, prospect
=> promise, hope
=> foretaste
=> possibility
=> anticipation, expectancy
=> apprehension, misgiving
Meronyms of noun promise
2 senses of promise
Holonyms of noun promise
Grep of noun promise
breach of promise
compromise
missouri compromise
promise
promised land
promisee
promiser
Antonyms of verb promise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb promise
4 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise, assure
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 2
promise
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 3
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> guess, venture, pretend, hazard
=> speculate
=> reason
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 4
promise
=> be
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb promise
2 of 4 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise, assure
=> pledge, plight
=> swear off
=> contract, undertake
=> undertake, guarantee
Sense 3
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> read
=> second-guess, outguess
=> augur
=> bet, wager
=> forecast, calculate
=> prophesy, vaticinate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb promise
4 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise, assure
=> declare
Sense 2
promise
=> declare
Sense 3
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> guess, venture, pretend, hazard
Sense 4
promise
=> be
'Cause To' of verb promise
Derived Forms of verb promise
3 of 4 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise, assure
RELATED TO>(adj) promissory#1
=> promissory
RELATED TO>(noun) promiser#1
=> promiser, promisor
RELATED TO>(noun) promise#1
=> promise
RELATED TO>(noun) promisee#1
=> promisee
RELATED TO>(noun) promisor#1
=> promiser, promisor
Sense 2
promise
RELATED TO>(adj) promissory#1
=> promissory
RELATED TO>(noun) promise#1
=> promise
RELATED TO>(noun) promise#2
=> promise, hope
RELATED TO>(noun) promisee#1
=> promisee
RELATED TO>(noun) promisor#1
=> promiser, promisor
Sense 4
promise
RELATED TO>(noun) promise#2
=> promise, hope
Domain of verb promise
Domain Terms of verb promise
Familiarity of verb promise
promise used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb promise
4 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise, assure
EX: They promise him to write the letter
Sense 2
promise
EX: They promise the money to them
EX: They promise them the money
Sense 3
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 4
promise
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb promise
4 senses of promise
Sense 1
promise, assure
> declare
=> plead
=> profess
=> condemn
=> consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
=> account, answer for
=> propose, suggest, advise
=> promise, assure
=> promise
=> take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment
=> sentence, condemn, doom
=> proclaim, exclaim, promulgate
=> profess
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
=> swear, depose, depone
=> testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness
=> decree
=> opine, speak up, animadvert, sound off
=> count out
Sense 2
promise
> declare
=> plead
=> profess
=> condemn
=> consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify
=> account, answer for
=> propose, suggest, advise
=> promise, assure
=> promise
=> take the Fifth, take the Fifth Amendment
=> sentence, condemn, doom
=> proclaim, exclaim, promulgate
=> profess
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
=> swear, depose, depone
=> testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness
=> decree
=> opine, speak up, animadvert, sound off
=> count out
Sense 3
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
> guess, venture, pretend, hazard
=> predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> suspect, surmise
Sense 4
promise
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb promise
Sense 1
promise, assure
=> declare
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Sense 2
promise
=> declare
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Sense 3
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
=> guess, venture, pretend, hazard
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Sense 4
promise
=> be
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Grep of verb promise
compromise
promise
Grep of adj promise
promised
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