• v.
    ⦿give grounds for expectations
    lexical concept
  • The new results were promising
  • The results promised fame and glory

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:promise
wn:interlingual indexili:i35372

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelpromise