adj Committed to happening, based on an earlier promise.
- The promised funding never actually arrived.
- The promised bonus was paid at the end of the month, as agreed.
- We are still waiting for the promised repairs to the road.
adj Bound by a prior commitment to a future obligation, such as marriage.
- I am promised to another,” Nicole answered.
— , Aimie K. Runyan (2016)
- She was promised to another family since childhood, according to the old custom.
- The violins struck up and in one move the Prince swept Konstantina so close to his chest that she gasped. “Sir,” she heard herself remonstrate as they began to circle the floor, “please remember that I am promised to the Baron!
— Barbara Cartland, Love by Moonlight (2015)
- After a moment, as they danced, he put the question, and she said, “I am promised to Neskaya Tower.
— Marion Zimmer Bradley, Two To Conquer (2013)
- In the story, the promised bride had never even met her future husband.
- The young man was promised to a family friend's daughter by his parents.
