promising
/ˈprɒmɪsɪŋ/adjective
उच्चारण प्रॉमिसिंग
होनहार, आशाजनक
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showing signs of being good or successful
होनहार, आशाजनक
- a promising young cricketer
- The results look promising.
- The young scientist has a very promising future.
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- It was a promising start to the season for the team.
- Early tests of the new vaccine are promising.
Synonyms talented gifted budding up-and-coming encouraging
Opposite unpromising hopeless discouraging bleak
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a promising + noun
Use promising before a noun such as student, start, career or sign to say that early signs suggest future success.
'Promising' को student, start, career या sign जैसे noun से पहले रखकर बताया जाता है कि शुरुआती संकेत आगे सफलता की ओर इशारा करते हैं।
- Radhika is a promising young cricketer from Nagpur.
- The first-year results were very promising.
promising + for / to sb
The thing that shows promise can be followed by for to name the area where success is expected.
जिस क्षेत्र में सफलता की उम्मीद हो, उसे बताने के लिए 'promising' के बाद 'for' आ सकता है।
- The new seed looks promising for farmers in dry regions.
less than / highly / most promising
Promising is gradable, so it takes very, highly, most and less than; it does not take an object.
'Promising' gradable adjective है, इसलिए इसके साथ very, highly, most और less than आते हैं; इसके बाद कोई object नहीं आता।
- The monsoon forecast is less than promising this year.
- She is the most promising candidate on the list.
promising (verb, present participle) + noun / to-infinitive
The same -ing form can also come from the verb promise, meaning to give your word, so check the context.
यही -ing रूप क्रिया 'promise' से भी बन सकता है, जिसका अर्थ वचन देना है, इसलिए संदर्भ देखकर अर्थ तय करें।
- He left the room promising to return before dinner.
+Collocations 4
promising + noun
startcareertalentsigncandidate
- The team made a promising start in the first over.
adverb + promising
veryhighlyextremelyless thannot particularly
- The early test results look extremely promising.
look / seem + promising
lookseemappearsoundprove
- The plan sounds promising, but we need more details.
promising + young + noun
young playeryoung scientistyoung writeryoung singer
- The promising young singer won the state talent contest.
“More examples 5
- The principal called Radhika a promising student with a bright future.
प्रधानाचार्य ने राधिका को उज्ज्वल भविष्य वाली होनहार विद्यार्थी कहा।
- Scientists reported promising results from the new malaria vaccine trial.
वैज्ञानिकों ने मलेरिया के नए टीके के परीक्षण से आशाजनक परिणाम बताए।
- The sky was clear, which was a promising sign for the match.
आसमान साफ़ था, जो मैच के लिए शुभ संकेत था।
- It was not a promising beginning, but he never gave up.
यह आशाजनक शुरुआत नहीं थी, पर उसने कभी हार नहीं मानी।
- Banks see rural digital payments as a promising area for growth.
बैंक ग्रामीण डिजिटल भुगतान को वृद्धि का आशाजनक क्षेत्र मानते हैं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He broke his promising to his father.
✓ He broke his promise to his father.
Promising is an adjective or -ing form; the noun for a pledge is promise.
'Promising' adjective या -ing रूप है; वचन के लिए noun 'promise' आता है।
✗ The results were very promise.
✓ The results were very promising.
Use the adjective promising after very; promise is the noun or the base verb.
'Very' के बाद adjective 'promising' आता है; 'promise' noun या मूल क्रिया है।
✗ She is promising in mathematics.
✓ She shows promise in mathematics.
To say someone has early talent, use show promise; promising is not used with in like this.
किसी में शुरुआती प्रतिभा बताने के लिए 'show promise' का प्रयोग होता है; 'promising in' इस तरह नहीं चलता।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
prom·is·ing
With the e of promise dropped (not 'promiseing').
promise का e हटकर ('promiseing' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep the hopeful words together: promising, encouraging, auspicious (showing signs of future success), budding (beginning to develop).
आशा के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: promising, encouraging, auspicious (भविष्य की सफलता के संकेत वाला), budding (विकसित होना शुरू करता)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
'Morning shows the day' (early signs show future success); the Hindi equivalent is 'honhaar birwaan ke hot chikne paat'.
कहावत 'Morning shows the day' (शुरुआती संकेत भविष्य की सफलता दिखाते हैं); हिंदी समतुल्य 'होनहार बिरवान के होत चिकने पात'।