English Dictionary

promise

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹɒmɪs/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 廃用

(countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow

日本語の意味

約束 / 誓い

She kept the promise she made to visit every summer.

彼女は毎年夏に訪れるという約束を守った。

意味（1）

(countable) an oath or affirmation; a vow

if I make a promise, I always stick to it; he broke his promise

意味（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.

He purſued Andrew Houſtoun upon his promiſe, to give him the like Sallary for the next year, and in abſence obtained him to be holden as confeſt and Decerned.

意味（3）

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

My native country was full of youthful promise.

意味（4）

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

意味（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.

promises （ plural ）