promise

1. A verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future (synset 107241205)
   is a type of:

   • commitment, dedication - a message that makes a pledge
   • speech act - the use of language to perform some act
   subtypes:

   • oath - a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior
   • parole, word, word of honor - a promise
   • betrothal, engagement, troth - a mutual promise to marry
   • pinning - a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin
   • rain check - a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future
2. Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future (synset 105959600)
   "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
   is a type of: expectation, outlook, prospect - belief about (or mental picture of) the future
   subtypes: rainbow - an illusory hope
   same as: hope

1. Make a promise or commitment (synset 200885532)
   is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
   subtypes:

   • pledge, plight - promise solemnly and formally
   • swear off - promise to abstain from
   • contract, undertake - enter into a contractual arrangement
   • guarantee, undertake - promise to do or accomplish
   same as: assure
2. Promise to undertake or give (synset 200885838)
   "I promise you my best effort"
   is a type of: declare - state emphatically and authoritatively
3. Make a prediction about;
   Tell in advance (synset 200919743)
   "Call the outcome of an election"
   is a type of: guess, hazard, pretend, venture - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
   subtypes:

   • read - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
   • outguess, second-guess - attempt to anticipate or predict
   • augur - predict from an omen
   • bet, wager - maintain with or as if with a bet
   • calculate, forecast - predict in advance
   • prophesy, vaticinate - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
   same as: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate
4. Give grounds for expectations (synset 202746427)
   "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
   is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

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