promise

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from , , feminine and neuter of , past participle of , from + ; see. Compare, , , etc. Displaced native 🇨🇬 and.

Noun

 * 1)  an oath or affirmation; a vow
 * 2)  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 his use.
 * 3) * 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), pages 547–548
 * He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.
 * 1)  Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
 * 2)  A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
 * 3)  bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
 * 1)  A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
 * 2)  bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
 * 1)  A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
 * 2)  bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
 * 1)  bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: وَعْد, وَعْدَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: وعد
 * Hijazi Arabic: وَعَد
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: promesa
 * Azerbaijani:, vəd
 * Bashkir: вәғәҙә
 * Belarusian: абяца́нне
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Corsican: prumessa
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: promeso
 * Estonian: lubadus
 * Ewe: ŋugbedodo
 * Faroese: eiti, lyfti
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დაპირება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπαγγελία, ὑπόσχεσις
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hiligaynon: panaad
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: loforð
 * Interlingua: promissa
 * Irish: gealltanas
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: уәде, уағда
 * Khmer: ពាក្យសន្យា
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بەڵێن
 * Northern Kurdish:, , belên, ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ຄຳສັນຍາ
 * Latin: prōmissum, promissiō
 * Latvian: solījums
 * Lithuanian: pažadas
 * Low German: Verspriäken
 * Luxembourgish: Verspriechen, Verspriechung
 * Macedonian: ветување
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: wegħda
 * Manx: gialdin
 * Maore Comorian: wahadi
 * Maori: kupu taurangi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Nepali: वचन
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: løfte
 * Old English: ġehāt
 * Ottoman Turkish: وعد
 * Pashto:, وعده,
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: promëssa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:, , ,
 * Sardinian: promissa
 * Scots: behecht
 * Scottish Gaelic: gealltanas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: обећа́ње
 * Roman: obećánje
 * Sinhalese: පොරොන්දුව
 * Slovak: sľub
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: wacad
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:, қавл
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin: promis
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: wada, söz
 * Ukrainian: обіця́нка
 * Urdu: وعدہ
 * Uyghur: ۋەدە
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: inpromésa
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Waray-Waray: sa-ad
 * Welsh: addewid
 * Yiddish: צוזאָג


 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: prōmissum, promissiō
 * Luxembourgish: Verspriechen, Verspriechung
 * Navajo: ahaʼdeetʼaah
 * Persian:
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch:

Verb

 * 1)  To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
 * 2) * 1936 Aug.,, "", :
 * "You think that I'll take anything." "I know you will, sweet." [...] "There wasn't going to be any of that. You promised there wouldn't be." "Well, there is now," she said sweetly.
 * 1)  To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
 * 1)  To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
 * 1)  To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
 * 1)  To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
 * 1)  To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.
 * 1)  To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ,
 * Arabic: وَعَدَ, تَعَهَّدَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: وعد
 * Hijazi Arabic: وَعَد
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: prometer
 * Azerbaijani: vəd vermək, söz vermək,
 * Belarusian: абяца́ць, паабяца́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: saad
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏗᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: lubama
 * Faroese: lova, geva lyfti
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French: prometre
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დაპირება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὑπισχνέομαι, ἐπαγγέλλομαι
 * Haitian Creole: pwomèt
 * Hebrew: הִבְטִיחַ
 * Hindi: वचन देना
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, , strengja heit
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: mangaku
 * Kazakh: уәде беру
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بەڵێندان
 * Kyrgyz: сөз берүү, убада берүү
 * Lao:, ໃຫ້ສັນຍາ
 * Latin: polliceor, prōmittō, spondeō
 * Latvian: solīt
 * Lithuanian: žadėti
 * Lü: ᦁᦱᦙᦃᦱᧄᧈ
 * Luxembourgish: verspriechen
 * Macedonian: ветува
 * Malay: berjanji
 * Maltese: wegħed
 * Middle Korean: 벼기다
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Navajo: ádee hazhdidziih
 * Nepali: वाचा गर्नु
 * Norman: promettre
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lova
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: обѣщати
 * Old East Slavic: обѣщати, обѣчати
 * Old English: ġehātan
 * Persian:, وعده دادن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: promìtere
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: обѐћати, обећа́вати
 * Roman: obèćati, obećávati
 * Slovak: sľubovať, sľúbiť
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Altai: сӧс бер-
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mangako
 * Tajik: ваъда додан, қавл додан
 * Thai: ให้สัญญา,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: söz bermek
 * Ukrainian: обіця́ти, пообіця́ти
 * Uzbek: vaʻda bermoq
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: צוזאָגן
 * Yoruba: lérí


 * Arabic: