PROMISING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does promising mean? 

• PROMISING (adjective)
  The adjective PROMISING has 2 senses:

1. showing possibility of achievement or excellence

2. likely to turn out well in the future

  Familiarity information: PROMISING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROMISING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing possibility of achievement or excellence

Context example:

a promising young man

Similar:

likely (has a good chance of being the case or of coming about)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Likely to turn out well in the future

Synonyms:

bright; hopeful; promising

Context example:

a hopeful new singer on Broadway

Similar:

auspicious (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck)

 Context examples 

The researchers conclude that these broadly neutralizing antibodies are promising candidates for further development as therapeutic molecules against several ebolavirus species.

(Broadly acting antibodies found in plasma of Ebola survivors, National Institutes of Health)

In the evening a few circumstances occurred which he thought more promising.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Researchers are developing a promising alternative to antibiotic treatment for infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria resistant to carbapenem antibiotics.

(Scientists describe potential antibody approach for treating multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, National Institutes of Health)

I only saw Dr. Seward for a moment, and told him where I was off to, promising to come back and tell the rest so soon as I should have found out anything.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Interim ctDNA is therefore a promising biomarker to identify patients at high risk of not responding to treatment for their disease.

(Circulating tumor DNA in blood can predict recurrence of the most common type of lymphoma, NIH)

The researchers evaluated one of these promising monoclonal anti-HIV antibodies in people.

(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)

Among the confirmed is a planetary system comprising four promising planets that could be rocky.

(Kepler Confirms 100+ Exoplanets During Its K2 Mission, NASA)

One of the most promising potential uses of the nanowire could be in biology.

(Nanowires replace Newton’s famous glass prism, University of Cambridge)

In the last decade, perovskite materials have emerged as promising alternatives.

(‘Messy’ production of perovskite material increases solar cell efficiency, University of Cambridge)

While there were multiple, promising outcomes from these screens, the team focused on the combination of histone deacetylase inhibitors (like panobinostat) with drugs called proteasome inhibitors (such as marizomib).

(Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers, National Institutes of Health)