Definition of promising
: full of promise : likely to succeed or to yield good results
- a promising new medicine
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The neighborhood didn't look very promising.
a promising writer who just may write the great American novel someday
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Some of MIami's most promising startups have also decided to leave town.
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More: Once a promising Louisville politician, Carl Brown died alone, fighting his demons Bobby Shipman: 502-582-4319; rshipmaniv@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @bobbyfrancisiv.
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Regardless, Seth is certainly deserving of the grant, both as a former soldier and as a promising young video pro already producing terrific work.
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The Chuck and Tina Pagano Cancer Research fund at the Indiana University School of Medicine will support promising junior researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center.
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Instead, with nuclear diplomacy between the United States and North Korea at the most precarious—and promising—point in decades, President Donald Trump dispatched his outgoing C.I.A. director, a former congressman with little diplomatic experience.
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The most promising member of that group is Jake Ferguson, who will be a redshirt freshman in the fall.
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This millionaire has a promising idea for space exploration.
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USA Gymnastics held camps there for the nation's most promising athletes from 1999 until last year, a period in which the U.S. teams achieved Olympic dominance.
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First Known Use of promising
1594
promising Synonyms
Synonyms
auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, likely, optimistic, propitious, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, upbeat;
Antonyms
bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic, unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitious;
Near Antonyms
Related Words
cheering, comforting, reassuring, soothing;
assured, confident, decisive, doubtless, positive, sure, unhesitating;
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Definition of promising for English Language Learners
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: likely to succeed or to be good : full of promise
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Definition of promising for Students
: likely to turn out well or be good
- a promising start
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