implicit promise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofimplicitandpromise
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implicit
adjective
uk/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/us/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/
suggested but not ...
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promise
noun
uk/ˈprɒm.ɪs/us/ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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(Definition ofimplicitandpromisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofimplicit promise
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In addition, workers are now leery about accepting theimplicitpromiseof lifetime employment that many larger firms formerly offered.
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Within the imagery of "father" and "family," there was animplicitpromiseof paternal care and protection.
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Such presentations hide animplicitpromisethat, with proper knowledge, encounters with these works will result in extraordinary experiences.
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A monograph'simplicitpromiseof extensive, even ' definitive' information, and the unusual wealth of ideas presented here, set high expectations; thus one cannot help noticing the occasional lack of thoroughness.
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And thisimplicitpromisethe book keeps.
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Theimplicitpromiseof extra rest hours at a later stage does not reduce driver fatigue on the day in question.
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Failure so to do renders thisimplicitpromisesomewhat hollow.
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Although closing a final salary scheme may not be a breach of contract, it may break animplicitpromisein the employer-employee relationship.
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Parliament made a firm promise, animplicitpromise, in 1956.
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While it may not be a breach of contract to close a final salary scheme, it could be regarded as the breaking of animplicitpromisein the employer-employee relationship.
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He held out thatimplicitpromise.
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Our schooling system has always been based on either an explicit orimplicitpromisethat if youngsters work hard at school some might get academic qualifications.
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However, the novel does not keep itsimplicitpromiseto find meaning in mankind's acquiescence in evil.
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