promising

promising

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒmɪsɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: prom‧is‧ing

Adjective

promising (comparative more promising, superlative most promising)

1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
   • 2015, M. Zeraati, S. M. Vaez Allaei, I. Abdolhosseini Sarsari, M. Pourfath, D. Donadio, “Highly Anistoropic Thermal Conductivity of Arsenene: An ab initio Study”, in arXiv‎:

     The obtained low and anisotropic thermal conductivity, and feasibility of synthesis, in addition to other reports on high electron mobility, make arsenene a promising material for a variety of applications, including thermal management and thermoelectric devices..

   a promising young apprentice

2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

Translations

showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion

Armenian: խոստումնալից (hy) (xostumnalicʿ) Belarusian: шматабяца́ючы (šmatabjacájučy), многаабяца́ючы (mnohaabjacájučy) Bulgarian: (много)обещаващ ((mnogo)obeštavašt) Catalan: prometedor Chinese: Mandarin: 有為／有为 (zh) (yǒuwéi), 有望 (zh) (yǒuwàng) Czech: slibný (cs), nadějný (cs) Dutch: hoopgevend (nl), veelbelovend (nl) French: prometteur (fr) German: vielversprechend (de) Hindi: होनहार (hi) (honhār) Hungarian: ígéretes (hu), biztató (hu), reményteli, reménykeltő, sokat ígérő Irish: tréitheach Italian: incoraggiante (it), promettente (it) Japanese: 有望な (ja) (ゆうぼうな, yūbō-na), 有為な (ja) (ゆういな, yūi-na) Latin: magnae speī Norwegian: Bokmål: lovende Portuguese: promissor (pt) Russian: многообеща́ющий (ru) (mnogoobeščájuščij), перспекти́вный (ru) (perspektívnyj) Scottish Gaelic: gealltanach, dòchasach Spanish: prometedor (es), halagüeño (es) Swedish: lovande (sv), löftesrik (sv) Ukrainian: багатообіця́ючий (bahatoobicjájučyj), багатообіця́льний (bahatoobicjálʹnyj), перспекти́вний (perspektývnyj)

Verb

promising

1. present participle of promise

Noun

promising (plural promisings)

1. The act of making a promise.
   • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)

     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".