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English

rank|sake|justice|offer|909|promise|obliged|ourselves|pale

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-promise.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From L. promissum.

Noun
en-noun

1. An oath or affirmation; a vow.
2. 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

Translations
trans-top|vow
Arabic: Arab|�عد IPAchar|(wa�d) m
Catalan: t-|ca|promesa|f
Chinese: 诺� (nuòyán)
Czech. slib m
Danish: t-|da|love
Dutch: t+|nl|belofte|f
Ewe: �ugbedodo
Finnish: t-|fi|lupaus
French: t+|fr|v�u|m, t+|fr|promesse|f
German: Versprechen n
Hungarian: igéret
Italian: t+|it|promessa|f
Japanese: �� (����, yakusoku)
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Korean: �� (yaksok)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��ڵ��
Old English: t-|ang|hat|alth�t|xsOld English
Polish: t+|pl|obietnica|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|promessa|f
Romanian: t-|ro|promisiune|f
Russian: t+|ru|обе�ание|n|trobeš�ánije|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|obljuba|f
Spanish: t-|es|promesa|f
Swedish: löfte c
Telugu: ����� (ottu)
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trans-top|transaction
Italian: t+|it|promessa|f
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Verb
en-verb|promis|ed

1. to commit to something or action; an oath; a vow.

Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations
trans-top|to commit to something or action
Arabic: Arab|�عد IPAchar|(wá�ada)
Catalan: t|ca|prometre
Chinese: �� (shìyán), �诺 (chéngnuò)
Czech: t-|cs|slíbit
Dutch: t+|nl|beloven
French: t+|fr|promettre
German: t+|de|versprechen
Hungarian: ígér, megígér
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Italian: t+|it|promettere
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��ڵ��دا�
Old English: t-|ang|gehatan|altġeh�tan|xsOld English
Polish: t+|pl|obieca�
Portuguese: t+|pt|prometer
Romanian: t-|ro|promite
Slovene: t+|sl|obljubiti
Spanish: t-|es|prometer
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See also
election promise and w:Election promise|Wikipedia article on Election promise

Italian

Verb
promise

1. third person singular past historic of promettere

Category:Italian verb forms

Romanian

Pronunciation
IPA|[pro'mi.se]|lang=ro

Verb
ro-verbform|promite|person3s|timeperfect|tense=indicative

1. he/she promised

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• 2007-12-28 04:15 - Tbot - added t for pl, ru, sl

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