English-Dutch translations for promise

• belofte
  Hij moet zijn belofte dus nakomen. He must now keep that promise.
  Deze belofte werd nooit waargemaakt. That promise was never fulfilled.
  Hij heeft zijn belofte waargemaakt. Mr Zapatero has kept his promise.
• beloven
  Wij beloven geen onmiddellijke resultaten. We do not promise instant gains.
  We beloven dat we hun werk voort zullen zetten. We promise to continue their work.
  Ik kan geen resultaten beloven voor april. I cannot promise a result before April.
• toezeggen
  Kunt u dat zo meteen toezeggen? Can the Council promise us this today?
  Kan de Raad mij toezeggen dat dat inderdaad gebeurt? Can the Council promise me that this will indeed happen?
  Wij zullen dat onderzoeken. Meer kan ik u niet toezeggen. We shall look into that, but I can make no other promises.
• toezegging
  De EU had een toezegging gedaan over financiering en die toezegging moest worden nagekomen. A promise of funding had been made by the EU and that promise had to be kept.
  Vandaag weet niemand iets van deze toezegging. Now, no-one knows anything about any such promise.
  De heer Blair heeft in 2005 de toezegging gedaan dat het Britse voorzitterschap de bureaucratie terug zou dringen. In 2005 Mr Blair promised that the British Presidency would cut red tape.
• verzeggen

Definition of promise

• an oath or affirmation; a vow
• 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
• reason to expect improvement or success; potential
• a placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation
• bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
• To commit to , or to assure of such commitment; to make an oath or vow
• To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good

Examples

• if I make a promise, I always stick to it;  he broke his promise
• She shows great promise as an actress
• If you promise not to tell anyone, I will let you have this cake for free
• He promised to never return to this town again
• She promised me a big kiss if I would drive her to the airport
• I cant promise success, but Ill do the best I can
• The clouds promise rain

Related words

• compromise
• compromised
• promised
• immunocompromised
• compromiser
• promise the moon|promise ''sb'' the moon
• promise the world|promise ''sb'' the world
• promise ring
• promise the moon