Definition: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
Usage: there is little or no promise that he will recover
Similar words: prospect, expectation, outlook
Definition: belief about (or mental picture of) the future
Synonyms: promise
Definition: a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
Similar words: dedication, commitment
Definition: a message that makes a pledge
Similar words: speech act
Definition: the use of language to perform some act
Definition: make a promise or commitment
Similar words: declare
Definition: state emphatically and authoritatively
Usage: He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
Synonyms: promise
Definition: promise to undertake or give
Usage: I promise you my best effort
Similar words: declare
Definition: state emphatically and authoritatively
Usage: He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with
Synonyms: predict, prognosticate, promise, call, forebode, foretell, anticipate
Definition: make a prediction about; tell in advance
Usage: Call the outcome of an election
Similar words: pretend, guess, hazard, venture
Definition: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Usage: I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again; I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
Synonyms: promise
Definition: give grounds for expectations
Usage: The new results were promising; The results promised fame and glory
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer