(~s, promising, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ that you will do something, you say to someone that you will definitely do it.
The post office has ~d to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday...
He had ~d that the rich and privileged would no longer get preferential treatment...
Promise me you will not waste your time...
‘We’ll be back next year,’ he ~d...
‘You ~?’—‘All right, I ~.’
VERB: V to-inf, V that, V n that, V with quote, V, also V n
2.
If you ~ someone something, you tell them that you will definitely give it to them or make sure that they have it.
In 1920 the great powers ~d them an independent state...
The officers ~ a return to multiparty rule.
VERB: V n n, V n
3.
A ~ is a statement which you make to a person in which you say that you will definitely do something or give them something.
If you make a ~, you should keep it...
N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N that
4.
If a situation or event ~s to have a particular quality or to be a particular thing, it shows signs that it will have that quality or be that thing.
While it will be fun, the seminar also ~s to be most instructive.
VERB: V to-inf
5.
If someone or something shows ~, they seem likely to be very good or successful.
The boy first showed ~ as an athlete in grade school.
= potential
N-UNCOUNT