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Adjective promised has 1 sense
- promised - assured by (usually) spoken agreement; "the promised toy"; "the promised land"
Antonyms: insecure, unsafe (indirect, via secure)
Verb promise has 4 senses
- promise, assure - make a promise or commitment
--1 is one way to declare
Sample sentence:
They promise him to write the letter
- promise - promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"
--2 is one way to declare
Sample sentences:
They promise the money to them
They promise them the money
- predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
--3 is one way to guess, venture, pretend, hazard
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- promise - give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
--4 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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