What part of speech is promise?

Promise can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. promise is a verb, present, 1st person singular of promise (infinitive).
  • 2. promise is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. promise is a noun, singular of promises.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does promise mean?

Definitions

Verb
promise - make a promise or commitment
promise - promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"
promise - give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
promise - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

Noun
promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
promise - grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
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Examples of promise

#   Sentence  
1. noun There is little or no promise that he will recover.
2. noun I would suggest going for tribal Sheikhs rather than clerics, since they have the upper hand in their areas and can effectively root out any Ba'athists in their midst in return for a promise of sharing power and authority.
3. noun Ten years later your check should still be the same or greater, fulfilling the promise of long-term residual income.
4. noun The Agel compensation plan includes the principles that ensure that promise can be fulfilled for those who work at it.
5. noun Number of days after taking office that Bush reneged on his campaign promise to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
6. noun In the end Nixon kept his promise for “…peace with honor….”.
7. noun The customer service at Home Delivery Service was terrible let alone their promise to proper set up furniture.
8. noun The slowest one to make a promise is the most faithful one in keeping it.
9. noun You must stick to your promise.
10. noun I rest on your promise.
11. noun A promise given under a threat is worthless.
12. noun Mr Yoshida never breaks his promise.
13. noun We made a promise to meet at school.
14. noun We should always keep our promise.
15. noun Something happened and he couldn't keep his promise.
16. verb I promise you my best effort.
17. verb They promise them the delights, mostly sexual, of the next world, and pay their families handsomely after the supreme act is performed and enough innocent people are dead.
18. verb I promise you that if you follow the directions exactly that you will start making more money than you thought possible by doing something so easy!!
19. verb I promise you will not be disappointed!
20. verb So anyone looking for an Excellent night out for Chinese or maybe just lunch should stop in and try it because I promise you 2 things---You won't regret it!!
21. verb We then called the office and the man we spoke to said he'd send someone out to look at it but couldn't promise when- two weeks came and went and we heard nothing.
22. verb In other words, they do not help with suitcases, but they promise totes to help.
23. verb You must promise not to take the rope off.
24. verb The skies promise better weather in the morning.
25. verb I can't promise anything, but I'll do my best.
26. verb I promise you every possible compensation.
27. verb From now on, I promise to be punctual.
28. verb I promise to return this videotape within a week.
29. verb You can go out, as long as you promise to be back by 11 o'clock.
30. verb Didn't you promise never to tell a lie?
Sentence  
noun
There is little or no promise that he will recover.
I would suggest going for tribal Sheikhs rather than clerics, since they have the upper hand in their areas and can effectively root out any Ba'athists in their midst in return for a promise of sharing power and authority.
Ten years later your check should still be the same or greater, fulfilling the promise of long-term residual income.
The Agel compensation plan includes the principles that ensure that promise can be fulfilled for those who work at it.
Number of days after taking office that Bush reneged on his campaign promise to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
In the end Nixon kept his promise for “…peace with honor….”.
The customer service at Home Delivery Service was terrible let alone their promise to proper set up furniture.
The slowest one to make a promise is the most faithful one in keeping it.
You must stick to your promise.
I rest on your promise.
A promise given under a threat is worthless.
Mr Yoshida never breaks his promise.
We made a promise to meet at school.
We should always keep our promise.
Something happened and he couldn't keep his promise.
verb
I promise you my best effort.
They promise them the delights, mostly sexual, of the next world, and pay their families handsomely after the supreme act is performed and enough innocent people are dead.
I promise you that if you follow the directions exactly that you will start making more money than you thought possible by doing something so easy!!
I promise you will not be disappointed!
So anyone looking for an Excellent night out for Chinese or maybe just lunch should stop in and try it because I promise you 2 things---You won't regret it!!
We then called the office and the man we spoke to said he'd send someone out to look at it but couldn't promise when- two weeks came and went and we heard nothing.
In other words, they do not help with suitcases, but they promise totes to help.
You must promise not to take the rope off.
The skies promise better weather in the morning.
I can't promise anything, but I'll do my best.
I promise you every possible compensation.
From now on, I promise to be punctual.
I promise to return this videotape within a week.
You can go out, as long as you promise to be back by 11 o'clock.
Didn't you promise never to tell a lie?
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