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^[1]:

     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) (xostumnalicʻ)
• 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)
• Esperanto: promesanta
• French: prometteur (fr)
• German: vielversprechend (de), erfolgsversprechend
• Hindi: होनहार (hi) (honhār)
• Hungarian: ígéretes (hu), biztató (hu), reményteli (hu), reménykeltő (hu), 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)
• Korean: 약속하는 (yaksokhaneun)
• 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 and gerund 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".