heypolyglot
Italian

promettente

/pro.metˈtɛn.te/adjectiveB2
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 9,227

Meaning

promising

  • showing signs of future success or good results

In a sentence

È una giovane ricercatrice molto promettente.

She is a very promising young researcher.

I risultati del test sembrano promettenti.

The test results seem promising.

L'inizio dell'anno non è stato particolarmente promettente.

The beginning of the year was not particularly promising.

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
promettentemasculine · singular
promettentefeminine · singular
promettentimasculine · plural
promettentifeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Ends in -e in the singular and serves both masculine and feminine forms; plural ends in -i.

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