promise
An oath or affirmationAn oath or affirmation; a vow.
» You must stick to your promise.
Sie müssen Ihr Versprechen halten.
Du musst dein Versprechen halten.
Ты должен держать обещание.
Ти повинен дотримуватися обіцянки.
Meaning
6 senses(countable)An oath or affirmation; a vow.
When I make a promise, I always stick to it.
I asked him not to, and we all heard his promise that he wouldn't.
Versprechen
обеща́ниеobeščánije, по́сулpósul
обіця́нкаobicjánka
(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.
Versprechen
(countable)Something promised.
That jewelry was a promise to me.
(uncountable)Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
His grade are poor, but I see promise in him.
Your claim has little promise in court.
(countable)A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
(countable, obsolete)Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised.
It is time they receive their promise.
- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
- a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
Examples
4763 sentencesYou must stick to your promise.
Ти повинен дотримуватися обіцянки.
ruТы должен держать обещание.
deSie müssen Ihr Versprechen halten.
He promised me to come early.
Він пообіцяв мені прийти рано.
ruОн обещал мне прийти рано.
He didn't carry out his promise.
Він не дотримався своєї обіцянки.
ruОн не выполнил своё обещание.
deEr konnte sein Versprechen nicht wahrmachen.
You ought to keep your promise.
Треба дотримуватися обіцянок.
You have to keep your promise.
Ти повинен дотримуватися обіцянки.
deDu musst deine Versprechen halten.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval LatFrom Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter past participles of prōmittō (“to send forth, to say beforehand, to promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native ġehātan (“to promise”) and ġehāt (“a promise”).
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Forms
plural: promisesSynonyms
1 synonyms- grounds for feeling hopeful about the future:hope
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- promised not to
- keep his promise
- promised to do
- keep my promise
- keep your promise
- has promised to
- promised to help
- keep her promise
- made a promise
- forget his promise
- promised his mother
- break his promise