(UK, colloquial) Looking forward to sexual intercourse later.

Full of promise for the future; promising.

Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion. / Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

present participle of promise

The act of making a promise.

plural of promising

Able to be promised.

A promise that one makes should be or can be considered a promise that one will certainly honor.

(theology) A promised new prophet. / (theology, Christianity) The Christ.

(Judaism, Christianity) The area historically known as Judea, which was promised to the Israelites by God according to oral tradition recorded in the Book of Genesis.