different between probability vs promise

English

Etymology

From Middle French probabilité, from Latin prob?bilit?s (“probability, credibility”), from prob?bilis (“probable, credible”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??b??b?l?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??b??b?l??i/
• Hyphenation: prob?a?bil?i?ty
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

Wikibooks

probability (plural probabilities)

1. The state of being probable; likelihood.
2. An event that is likely to occur.
3. The relative likelihood of an event happening.
4. (mathematics) A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening.

Derived terms

Related terms

• probable

Translations

See also

• odds
• possibility
• verisimilitude
• credence

Further reading

• probability at OneLook Dictionary Search
• probability in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• probability in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• promyse (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English promis, promisse, borrowed from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin pr?missa, Latin pr?missum (“a promise”), feminine and neuter of promissus, past participle of pr?mitt? (“I send or put forth, let go forward, say beforehand, promise”), from pro (“forth”) + mittere (“to send”); see mission. Compare admit, commit, permit, etc. Displaced native Old English ?eh?tan (“to promise”) and ?eh?t (“a promise”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??m?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??m?s/
• Hyphenation: prom?ise

Noun

promise (countable and uncountable, plural promises)

1. (countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow

2. (countable) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
   • 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Hou?toun” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), pages 547–548

     He pur?ued Andrew Hou?toun upon his promi?e, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in ab?ence obtained him to be holden as confe?t and Decerned.

3. (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.

   • My native country was full of youthful promise.

4. (countable, computing, programming) A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.

   Synonyms: delay, deferred, (imprecise) future

5. (countable, obsolete) bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised

   • He […] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father.

Translations

Verb

promise (third-person singular simple present promises, present participle promising, simple past and past participle promised)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.

2. (intransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• halsen

Related terms

Translations

See also

• election promise

Further reading

• promise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• promise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Promise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• imposer, porimes, semipro

French

Verb

promise

1. feminine singular of the past participle of promettre

Anagrams

• imposer

Italian

Verb

promise

1. third-person singular past historic of promettere

Anagrams

• espormi, esprimo, impreso

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pro?mise]

Adjective

promise

1. feminine plural of promis
2. neuter plural of promis

Verb

promise

1. third-person singular simple perfect indicative of promite