promise

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Then one fine day realize that what you promised is now worth a lot of money.

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Quick take

a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

noun

grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"

verb

make a promise or commitment

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for promise.

noun

a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

noun

grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"

verb

make a promise or commitment

verb

promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"

verb

make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

verb

give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"

Example sentences

Then one fine day realize that what you promised is now worth a lot of money.

Refactor it. Then throw it away and promise yourself to never make the same mistakes they made.

I find it humourous that they say they are clawing them back so they "could attract more top talent with the promise of stock.

With the unvested shares, the executives believed they could attract more top talent with the promise of stock.

Misleading ads tend promise more and thus get better click through rate which means they are even more likely to show up higher, not less.

Google+'s promise isn't that is a combination of Facebook and Twitter, it is a social network where it does what you want it to.

In the 1950s, there was the great promise of "the leisure society" - a future of such material abundance that most people would hardly need to work.

The team working on this is still actively refining things and studying what works and what doesn't. But, phishing is a very big problem, and this change to the omnibox shows real promise in countering the attacks.

Big companies don't want simple, they want value for their money - features!A better brand promise would be Microsoft - It Does Everything!Look at Windows 8.

I've been harsh on Light Table because the source was nonfree and the promise to "open source" it eventually didn't look promising or community-friendly.

> In changing its position, Go Daddy remains steadfast in its promise to support security and stability of the Internet.