Promising

Quick meaning: Promising is an adjective meaning Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.

Meaning

Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.

More Meanings

1. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
2. present participle and gerund of promise
3. The act of making a promise.

Example Sentences

a promising young apprentice

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".

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.

Word Forms

• promisings

Synonyms for promising

Depending on context, synonyms include prosperous, rosy, auspicious, bright, likely.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include likely, auspicious, bright, positive, prospective, interesting.

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