promising

comparative more promising · superlative most promising

1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.

   a promising young apprentice

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   The obtained low and anisotropic thermal conductivity, and feasibility of synthesis, in addition to other reports on high electron mobility, make arsenene a promising material for a variety of applications, including thermal management and thermoelectric devices..

   2015, M. Zeraati, S. M. Vaez Allaei, I. Abdolhosseini Sarsari, M. Pourfath, D. Donadio, “Highly Anistoropic Thermal Conductivity of Arsenene: An ab initio Study”, in arXiv

   Synonyms: favorable

2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

   Synonyms: hot

plural promisings

1. The act of making a promise.

   So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".

   1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights, page 299

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of promise