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promise
noun as in one's word that something will be done
Strongest matches
agreement, assurance, commitment, guarantee, obligation, pact, pledge, vow, word
Strong matches
affiance, affirmation, asseveration, avowal, betrothal, bond, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, insurance, marriage, oath, parole, pawn, plight, profession, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, warrant, warranty
Weak matches
noun as in hope, possibility
Strong matches
aptitude, capability, capacity, encouragement, flair, outlook
Weak match
verb as in give word that something will be done
Strong matches
accede, affiance, assent, bargain, betroth, bind, compact, consent, contract, covenant, engage, espouse, hock, insure, mortgage, obligate, pass, pawn, pledge, plight, profess, secure, stipulate, subscribe, swear, undertake, underwrite, vouch, warrant
Weak matches
answer for, asseverate, cross heart, live up to, say so, string along, swear on bible, swear up and down, take an oath
verb as in bring hope, possibility
Strong matches
augur, bespeak, betoken, bode, denote, forebode, foreshadow, foretoken, like, look, omen, portend, presage
Weak matches
give hope, hold out hope, hold probability, lead to expect, seem likely, show signs of
Example Sentences
He has also promised new maximum-security prisons, like those that have been built in El Salvador.
These have shown particular promise in aggressive cancers like pancreatic, triple-negative breast and melanoma.
The Labour government has promised to build 1.5 million new homes in England by 2029 as part of efforts to solve the housing crisis and boost economic growth.
It sounds like a marketing pitch and the company's slick packaging promises "ancestral ingredients" and the "power of purple fruits from the forest".
For the Presbyterian Church in Ireland the real test may not be the reforms it promises now, but whether it can open its doors, and its files, to the external scrutiny it has long resisted.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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