promising

[ prom-uh-sing ]

adjective

1. giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well:

   a promising young man; a promising situation.

   Synonyms: favorable

promising

/ ˈprɒmɪsɪŋ /

adjective

1. showing promise of favourable development or future success

Derived Forms

• ˈpromisingly, adverb

Other Words From

• promis·ing·ly adverb
• promis·ing·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of promising¹

First recorded in 1505–15; promise + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Fed up with Los Angeles traffic, Elon Musk launched The Boring Co. with two tweets in 2016, promising “to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.”

From Los Angeles Times

And Prof Ahmed is running the Transform trial, starting next year, to compare the most promising technologies.

From BBC

The industry maintains the technology is both promising and viable.

From BBC

While Amazon is doing away with Freevee, the model of free ad-supported streaming services remains promising as consumers look to limit discretionary spending, experts said.

From Los Angeles Times

As well as promising to bring about "immediate modernisation" to the Lords by abolishing hereditary peers, Labour's general election manifesto pledged to introduce a mandatory retirement age of 80 for members of the upper house.

From BBC

Related Words

• auspicious
• bright
• encouraging
• gifted
• talented
• up-and-coming