explicit promise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexplicitandpromise
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explicit
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/us/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/
clear ...
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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 ofexplicitandpromisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofexplicit promise
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In other words, we have a hole in the scale, but we also have the speaker'sexplicitpromisethat he plans to fix it.
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That in itself tends to throw some doubt upon what was anexplicitpromise.
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Despite hisexplicitpromise, that did not occur.
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I got a mostexplicitpromisethat it would be done.
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I may remind him—if he needs the reminder—of the veryexplicitpromiseof 1910, that he did not believe it would be possible to postpone the question beyond this year.
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We should note in passing that the other place has built into its agreement to any carry-over theexplicitpromisethat pre-legislative scrutiny will have occurred.
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But there was noexplicitpromiseor assurance.
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In these cases, there is an implicit orexplicitpromiseto collectors that the book will not be reprinted, at least in the same form as originally published.
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These incentives came at a net cost to the exchequer, but meant that the explicit promises made by the state pension schemes did not require tax increases to finance them.
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The story is one of ignominious retreat from their explicit promises.
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We are not dealing with the explicit promises made about transport.
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Many have made explicit promises about improved co-operation and—where it is appropriate—delegation of functions.
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