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prom·is·ing
 promising
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- pronunciation:
- pra
mih
sIng
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
showing potential for favorable or successful development.
- synonyms:
- auspicious, bright, favorable, hopeful, propitious
- antonyms:
- bleak, inauspicious, ominous, unfavorable
- similar words:
- best, competitive, likely, optimistic, possible, probable, reassuring, rosy
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| related words: |
best, golden, likely, probable, rosy, well |
adverb + (adj.)promising
extremely, highly, most, particularly, potentially
(adj.)promising
+ noun
advance,
alternative,
approach,
avenue,
breakthrough,
candidate,
career,
composer,
compound,
cooperation,
debut,
development,
drug,
experiment,
finding,
freshman,
future,
initiative,
innovation,
intervention,
lead,
newcomer,
pipeline,
pitcher,
premise,
prevention,
prospect,
reform,
research,
result,
rookie,
sign,
solution,
start,
strategy,
talent,
technique,
technology,
therapy,
treatment,
trend,
vaccine,
venture,
youngster
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| derivation: |
promisingly (adv.) |
The word promising
contains the following part:
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
  Example words:
admissible, admission, admit, admittance, admittedly, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissioner, commit, commitment, committed, committee, compromise, demise, dismiss, dismissal, emissary, emission, emit, impermissible, intermit, intromit, irremissible, manumit, missal, missile, missilery, mission, missionary, missive, omit, permissible, permission, permissive, permit, premise, pretermit, promise, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory note, recommit, remiss, remissible, remission, remit, remittal, remittance, remittent, submission, submissive, submit, surmise, transmissible, transmission, transmit, transmitter, uncommitted, uncompromising, unremitting
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