Tra từ promise - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also INTEND/PLAN
- to say that you will definitely do sth: promise (to do sth), promise (sb) (that) ※¦, give* sb your word (that ※¦)
She promised to come early. ◎ I promise you I won't forget. ◎ I can't pull out now - I've given him my word.
- an act of making a promise: promise
to make a solemn promise
- to say that you will definitely give sth to sb: promise sb sth
He promised me a copy of his new book.
- to agree or promise to do sth: undertake* to do sth, (formal) commit yourself to sth/doing sth; nouns (C/U): undertaking, commitment
They undertook to repair it by the end of the week. ◎ We've committed ourselves to increasing basic pay for teachers. ◎ a firm commitment to improving the environment
- to promise sb (especially if they are worried) that sth will happen or be true: assure sb (that) ※¦; noun: assurance
She assured me that she wouldn't tell anyone.
- to make a very serious promise: swear* that ※¦/to do sth
He swore that he wouldn't do it again. ◎ Do you swear not to tell anyone?
- a serious and formal promise: vow
marriage vows ◎ a vow of silence
※ keeping and breaking a promise
- to do what you have promised to do: keep* a/your promise
She never keeps her promises.
- to make sb do what they promised to do: hold* sb to sth, keep* sb to sth
I'll hold you to that! ◎ She kept him to his promise.
- if you do not do what you promised to do, you break* a promise, go* back on your word, the promise is broken
I can't believe he went back on his word! ◎ broken promises