PROMISE, -i, cf. A voluntary commitment to do something. Execute o. Violate o. Give a solemn o. Take o. from someone Once a year, as promised (very rarely; colloquial joke). Feed with promises (make irresponsible promises; colloquial).
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Promise- word
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Synonym dictionary
Promise- promises, cf. Given to someone voluntary commitment to smth. execute. Making a promise. To keep a promise. To break a promise. “I don’t need an oath,” said Lisa: “enough........
Dictionary Ushakova
Promise- Irresponsible, pompous, loud (obsolete), loud, oath-filled, frivolous, pompous, unshakable, indestructible, half-hearted, empty, magnificent, holy, sacred,......
Dictionary of epithets
Promise Wed.— 1. Given to smb. voluntary obligation to do, fulfill smth.
Explanatory Dictionary by Efremova
Promise- -I; Wed A voluntary commitment to do something. Give o. Execute, fulfill oh. Take from smb. O. Once a year as promised (joking; very rarely).
◊ Feed with promises.........
Kuznetsov's Explanatory Dictionary
Public Promise of Reward— - civil obligation provided for in Ch. 56 Civil Code of the Russian Federation. In accordance with Art. 1055 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the person who publicly announced the payment monetary reward or issuing........
Economic dictionary
Public Promise of Reward- - civil obligation provided for in Ch. 56 Civil Code of the Russian Federation. According to Art. 1055 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation “a person who publicly announced the payment of monetary compensation or the issuance of other........
Legal Dictionary
Faculty Physician Promise- (historical) a solemn obligation to honestly fulfill medical duty, given upon completion of higher medical education educational institution V pre-revolutionary Russia; beret........
Big medical dictionary
Promise- A speech act in which the speaker, as one might guess, agrees to something. Promises are commissive and are usually more cognitively complex and learned........
Psychological Encyclopedia
Efremova's Dictionary
Promise
Wed
Given to smb. voluntary obligation to do, fulfill smth.
Thesaurus of Russian business vocabulary
Promise
Syn: assurance, obligation, vow, word
Ushakov's Dictionary
Promise
Promise, promises, Wed A voluntary commitment given to someone to do something. Making a promise. To keep a promise. "To break a promise. “I don’t need an oath,” said Lisa: “your promise is enough.” Pushkin.
Ozhegov's Dictionary
PROMISE A NIE, I, Wed Voluntary commitment to do something. Execute o. Violate o. Give a solemn o. Take o. with cogon. Once a year as promised (very rarely; colloquial joke.). Feed with promises (make irresponsible promises; colloquial).
Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms
Promise
♦ (ENG promise)
(from lat. promittere - to prescribe)
an obligation to do or not do something. In ethics, promises are related to obligations and truthfulness. The promise is morally binding in terms of justice and mutual fidelity. It ties actions to words.
Sentences containing "promise"
As a result, society to this day is forced to pay severely for the frivolous promises of years gone by.
Therefore, men’s promises, including election ones, must be treated with caution.
So Kudrin has to puzzle over what is more dangerous not to fulfill in the pre-election year: the prime minister’s task or the president’s promise.
Despite government promises to tighten security, analysts say the government is not doing enough to protect foreigners.
The poor, spring charm of the houses, paper crosses, and rooks' nests touched me with hope and the promise of life.
Indeed, although the Swiss have announced their readiness to introduce a tax on interest on deposits, this promise may remain on paper.
As befits Santa Claus, he was cheerful, ruddy and incredibly generous with all sorts of treats and gifts, and even more with promises.
A magical obsession: everything sings in you, there is delight in you, there are tears in you, and promises, and thousands of years of life on earth, and such an insight that it becomes cramped within yourself!
If the Ministry of Finance cannot guarantee the fulfillment of Putin’s re-election promises, the chances of the Glazyevites turning into a real alternative to the Medvedev government will increase.
I am one hundred percent opposed to the bright socialist future that existed, but all the promises that were made over these 10 years, absolutely nothing was fulfilled.
meaning, definition of word
PROMISE, -i, cf. A voluntary commitment to do something. Execute o. Violate o. Give a solemn o. Take o. from someone Once a year, as promised (very rarely; colloquial joke). Feed with promises (make irresponsible promises; colloquial).
Morphology
- Noun, inanimate, neuter
Books
This story is about friendship, loyalty, envy and love. But the main thing is the promise! A promise is something you make for a reason. And when this oath binds you, it must be fulfilled.
“When she opened the door, she immediately noticed that he was crying. The tears had not yet dried, and he did not wipe them away.
- My God, Tom, what happened? Come in!
- She pulled him by the sleeve. You might have thought he didn’t even feel it, but then he finally decided to step across the threshold. He looked around the apartment and didn’t recognize it, as if he saw new furniture and repainted walls...”
- Words close in meaning
- POSUL, -a, m. (simple). Same as a promise. Empty promises.
- Frivolous, -aya, -oe; -len, -lenna. Full of frivolity. Frivolous girl. A frivolous promise. II noun ...
- VOW, -a, m. (high). Solemn promise, commitment. Give, pronounce o. Violate o. O. silence.
- OBESHCHALKIN, -a, m. (colloquial joke). A person who easily makes promises and forgets to keep them.
- To be seduced, -I’m flattered, -I’m flattered;
- owls, than. Having been seduced by something, to be seduced. O. promises. II Nesov. delude myself, I think...
- TO BE DECEIVED, - I’m flattered, - I’m flattered; owls, than. To succumb to the temptation or charm of something. P. promises, n nesov. to be seduced, I think...
- REPENT, I say, you say; Sov., from neodef. (colloquial). Make a promise to yourself not to do something. I repented of being late. II Nesov. ...
PROMISE
PROMISE
VOW, -a, m. An oath promise not to do something. Give z. Take z. from someone II adj. absentee, -aya, -oe (obsolete).. REJECT, I think, you say; nesov., from someone (colloquial). To evade or refuse in any way. O. from your promises. II... 1949-1992 .
OATH, -i, f. A formal and solemn promise. Military paragraph. Take the oath. Take the oath. II adj. juror...:
Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary
S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. Synonym dictionary
Synonyms See what “PROMISE” is in other dictionaries:
Pledge, vow, obligation, promise, word; threat. Wed...
A term used by the Promissory Note Regulations to express the contents of a promissory note. See also: Bill of exchange legislation Financial Dictionary Finam... Financial Dictionary
Promise- PROMISE, guarantee, pledge, oath, obligation, surety, surety, oath, guarantee, word, high. vow, colloquial the promise of the owls PROMISE, colloquial, owl. to make a promise. and owls PROMISE / PROMISE, undertake / undertake, not. and owls... ... Dictionary-thesaurus of synonyms of Russian speech
- (The Pledge), USA, 2001, 123 min. Detective, psychological drama Nevada State Homicide Detective Jerry Black is retiring. His colleagues threw a party for this occasion and paid for his trip to Mexico, on a fishing trip that he had been talking about for a long time... ... Encyclopedia of Cinema
See Oath (Source: “Aphorisms from around the world. Encyclopedia of Wisdom.” www.foxdesign.ru) ... Consolidated encyclopedia of aphorisms
Promise- Irresponsible, pompous, loud (obsolete), loud, oath-filled, frivolous, pompous, unshakable, indestructible, half-hearted, empty, magnificent, holy, sacred, vain, firm, solemn, hasty, crackling, ... ... Dictionary of epithets
A term used by the Promissory Note Regulations to express the contents of a promissory note. Dictionary of business terms. Akademik.ru. 2001 ... Dictionary of business terms
Promise- fulfill a promise implementation give a promise action fulfill a promise implementation keep a promise implementation guarantee quality modality, promise to guarantee normal operation modality, promise guaranteed judicial... ... Verbal compatibility of non-objective names
Books
- The Promise, Stefan Zweig. PROMISE, first published in Russian, the short story is still the same deep study of a restless heart, the story of immortal love that conquers time. An elderly tycoon takes...
Promise
promises, cf. Given to someone voluntary commitment to smth. execute. Making a promise. To keep a promise. To break a promise. “I don’t need an oath,” said Lisa: “your promise alone is enough.” Pushkin.
Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. S.I.Ozhegov, N.Yu.Shvedova.
Promise
I, Wed. A voluntary commitment to do something. Execute o. Violate o. Give a solemn o. Take o. from someone Once a year, as promised (very rarely; colloquial joke). Feed with promises (make irresponsible promises; colloquial).
New explanatory dictionary of the Russian language, T. F. Efremova.
Promise
Wed
Given to smb. voluntary obligation to do, fulfill smth.
Large legal dictionary
Promise
Wikipedia(:en:Promise) - an obligation, someone’s agreement to do something or, on the contrary, not to do something. Obsolete, poetic, used in biblical vocabulary - promise(i.e. taking a vow).
- The promise is in programming: a special object returned by a function when implementing deferred calculations.
The Promise (film, 2001)
"Promise"- 2001 detective film directed by Sean Penn starring Jack Nicholson leading role. The film's script is based on novel of the same name Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Dürrenmatt wrote both the novel and screenplay for German film 1958 “It Happened at clear light of the day."
The Promise (TV series 2006)
Promise is a popular Indian television series, soap opera, aired on Zee TV. Like the vast majority of Balaji Telefilms and Ekta Kapoor's television series, its original title begins with the letter K. Just like some other Balaji Telefilms television series, it is a "mixed genre" television series and, in addition, contains elements of glamor and real life; reflects the tendency of Indian television to move closer to reality, characteristic of the 2000s. Like Zee TV's simulcast Saat Phere, The Promise offered audiences new image a traditional Indian woman - a sensible, decisive, attractive wife who hardly raises her voice, dresses well and always wears a mangalsutra - a symbol of marriage.
The Promise (film, 1972)
"Promise" (: Yakusoku;) is a Japanese melodrama film directed by Koichi Saito, released in 1972 and a former box office leader that year. The film received three Mainichi Film Awards and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 22nd West Berlin International Film Festival.
The Promise (film, 2007)
"Promise"- Philippine adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights, filmed in 2007.
To be more precise, this film is based on another film called Hihintayin Kita Sa Langit, which in turn is based on the novel Wuthering Heights. The main roles were played by young Filipino stars - Richard Gutierrez and Angela Locsin.
Examples of the use of the word promise in literature.
But the crew did not doze, they acted, and Kolya and the young flight engineer managed, literally for a couple of bottles of vodka, to agree with the local engineering and technical staff to pull the attitude indicator off the Samara board, which was idle without an engine, with an oath promise return on the first flight.
This is where my dear Haggai Nikitich went, having filled himself with some Masonic treatises that Yegor Yegorych, true to his promise, sent Zvereva immediately upon his arrival in the village from Moscow.
The casket was opened simply: after making sure that promises organizers evaluate duets specifically as performers - not a stupid joke, but a completely serious stupidity; the head of the Moscow delegation, Valentina Pavlova, quickly and without unnecessary noise included Muratova in the application for the author's competition - fortunately, almost half of the participants performed with an accompanist or singer.
We’ll just drive around the streets, see Frisco, and come back for dinner,” I began to weakly make excuses, and Alla very appropriately reminded him Promise present the marble statue today.
Saakadze with difficulty took out the last valuable thing with his chained hand - a diamond ring edged with turquoise, a gift from Shah Abbas, and gave it to the executioner: - If you fulfill Promise, your son will grow up honest and faithful.
Holding back your Promise, Angus slid off his horse and began checking for radiation.
And when Darl was born, I took from Anse Promise that after my death he would take me back to Jefferson: now I knew that my father was right, when I could not yet know that he was right, just as I could not know that I was wrong.
The debt was eventually paid by Curio's father, who took from Antony Promise never to see his son again.
But he believed in the feasibility of his promises- of course, provided that the entire Antony clique can be removed from power.
Hirtius, on behalf of Antony, promised Decimus that the flight of the conspirators would be accompanied by legal decency, but that he would carry out his Promise I was in no hurry.
Mr. Apchi charged me Promise When I visited him, I always told him something new, and now in each session I opened several drawers.
It was necessary to disseminate clear and accurate information about the liberation of the colossal territories of the Arabian Peninsula and Mesopotamia by the British and their allies, to explain that in the future they would become Arab or almost completely Arab states, to talk about the significant contribution of the Jews to the liberation of Eretz Israel, ancient homeland, to which the Jews have always been faithful, about the obligations promises and the guarantees of civil and religious rights of non-Jewish communities in Eretz Israel in the Balfour Declaration.
But Arakelyan was already mortally tired, and before the end of the working day it was necessary to complete Promise given to the telepath - to support with Abrikosov a good relationship followed the very essence of events.
Charles appeared in Arezzo, the Florentines paid him forty thousand ducats for Promise don't bother them.
The old harpist put so much feeling into these words that Menolly had no doubt left - he would fulfill his Promise.