different between promise vs tally

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

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of tallyho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæli/
• Hyphenation: tal?ly
• Rhymes: -æli

Interjection

tally

1. (radio, aviation) Target sighted.

   (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.

   (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.

Usage notes

In aviation radio usage, more common than original tallyho. In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.

Synonyms

• (target sighted): tallyho

Etymology 2

From Middle English talie, from Anglo-Norman tallie and Old French taille (“notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea (“a cutting, rod, stick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæli/
• Hyphenation: tal?ly
• Rhymes: -æli

Noun

tally (plural tallies)

1. Abbreviation of tally stick.
2. (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
3. (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
4. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
   • c. 1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian, Act V, scene 1:

     So paired, so suited in their minds and persons,

     That they were framed the tallies for each other.

5. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
6. A tally shop.
7. A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
8. (informal, regional, dated) A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.

Translations

See also

• Five-bar gate tally

Etymology 3

From Middle English talien, from the noun (see above). Also from Medieval Latin taliare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæli/
• Hyphenation: tal?ly
• Rhymes: -æli

Verb

tally (third-person singular simple present tallies, present participle tallying, simple past and past participle tallied)

1. (transitive) To count something.
2. (transitive) To record something by making marks.
3. (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
4. (intransitive) To keep score.
5. (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
6. (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.

Synonyms

• (count something): enumerate, number; see also Thesaurus:count

Derived terms

• tally up

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English tally, talliche, equivalent to tall +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?li/, /?t?l.li/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?t?li/, /?t?l.li/
• Hyphenation: tally

Adverb

tally (comparative more tally, superlative most tally)

1. (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
   • c. 1612, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, The Captain, Act II, scene ii:

     And you, Lodovick, / That stand so tally on your reputation, / You shall be he shall speak it.

Further reading

• tally in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tally at OneLook Dictionary Search

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• talliche, tawly

Etymology

tal (“adj”) +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tali?/

Adverb

tally

1. properly, suitably, becomingly

Descendants

• English: tally (obsolete)
• Yola: taullee

References

• “tall?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.