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promise

promise · verb

  1. To tell someone that you will certainly do something.

    I promise to call you tonight.
    She promised to help me.
    They promise to come early.
  • promise base form
  • promises third-person singular present
  • promised past tense and past participle
  • promising present participle

promise · noun

  1. A statement that you will certainly do something.

    He made a promise to call his grandmother every week.
    She kept her promise and returned the book on time.
    The children asked their father to make a promise.
  • promise singular
  • promises plural
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