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promising

English

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

promising (comparative more promising, superlative most promising)

  1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
    a promising young apprentice
  2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

Translations

Verb

promising

  1. present participle of promise

Noun

promising (plural promisings)

  1. The act of making a promise.
    • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
      So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".

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successful

English

Etymology

success +? -ful

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s?k?s?sfl?/

Adjective

successful (comparative more successful, superlative most successful)

  1. Resulting in success; assuring, or promoting, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect
    Synonyms: prosperous, fortunate, happy

Synonyms

  • efficacious, effective, fruitful, rewarding, accomplished, profitable
  • See also Thesaurus:prosperous
  • (of requests): tithe (obs.)

Antonyms

  • unsuccessful
  • failed

Derived terms

  • behind every successful man there stands a woman
  • successfully
  • successfulness

Related terms

  • success

Translations

successful From the web:

  • what successful people do
  • what successful people do in the morning
  • what successful mean
  • what successful project managers do
  • what successful entrepreneurs have in common
  • what successful businesses have in common
  • what successful countries are socialist
  • what successfully stopped the spread of islam
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