Promise

Definition: Promise

Promise

Noun

1. A verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future.

2. Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover".

Verb

1. Make a promise or commitment.

2. Promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort".

3. Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election".

4. Give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "promise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Tips from 1870

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PROMISE

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Synonyms: Promise

Consent

Satisfy, meet one's wishes, settle, come to terms; not refuse; turn a willing ear; (willingness); jump at; deign, vouchsafe; promise.

Permit; (permission); promise.

Hope

Good omen, good auspices; promise, well grounded hopes; good prospect, bright prospect; clear sky.

Prediction

Hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope; bid fair, promise, lead one to expect; be the precursor.

Crosswords: Promise

And I promise you I'll never desert you again because after 'Salome' we'll make another picture and another picture (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett)

There is no promise you can make that I can trust (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I wasn't strong enough to save you mum. I wasn't strong enough, but I promise I won't fail again (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

I promise one day everything will be better for you. (Donnie Darko; writing credit: Richard Kelly)

Miss Truvy, I promise that my personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair (Steel Magnolias; writing credit: Robert Harling)

Everybody wants charm in a smile and a promise (Promise; performing artist: Eve 6)

IF YOU MAKE THIS PROMISE TO ME (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah)

And I can make you every promise that has ever been made, (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply)

If I promise you the Moon and the Stars, Would you believe it (Games People Play; performing artist: Alan Parsons Project)

I never make a promise (I Can Love You Like That; performing artist: All-4-One)

God didn't promise us it would be easy or painless. He just promised us it would be worth it! (references; author: unknown)

The Arcata Promise (1974)

Promise of Love (1974)

A Touch of Eastern Promise (1973)

Promise at Dawn (1970)

Bright Promise (1969)

Promise (performing artist: Jagged Edge)

This I Promise You (performing artist: 'N Sync)

The Promise Of A New Day (performing artist: Paula Abdul)

The Promise (performing artist: When In Rome)

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References

• Promise Company: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy (reference)

• Tomorrow's Promise (Heartland, 10) (reference)

• A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism (reference)

• The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep (reference)

• In the Absence of Sun: A Korean American Woman's Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family (reference)

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Periodicals

• Promise (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Keeping the Promise (reference)

• Sade - Life Promise Pride Love (reference)

• The Easter Promise (reference)

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Music

• A Season's Promise (reference)

• The Promise of Ages (reference)

• Daughters of the Promise (reference)

• Promise (reference)

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High Tech

• Promise Technology Nf1500 Nas Filer Raid with 10 73GB Drives - 511GB Usable (reference)

• Promise Technology Fasttrak66 Ultra ATA EIDE Raid Controller PCI Adapter Cable (reference)

• Promise Technology Eidepro Eide 16Bit ISA 2Flop with Cable with CD-Blitz with Lba Bios (reference)

• Promise Technology Fasttrak100 ATA/100 100MB/Sec Burst Data Transfer Raid Card (reference)

• Promise Technology Superswap 1000 Removable Drive Chassis for Ultra Ata-133 Beige (reference)

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San Francisco from the bay - a small collection of buildings with little apparent promise for the future. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 177. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

View of tropical cyclone centered near Del Rio, Texas. This picture showed the promise of satellite monitoring of weather. The picture was made from movie cameras mounted in a Navy Aerobee rocket fired from White Sands Proving Ground. "Operational Use of Weather Satellites", U. S. Navy Research Facility, Norfolk, Virginia, March 1960. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Mayor Mahool's promise : our brick pavements speak for themselves. Credit: Library of Congress.

I think that's MacArthur's way of telling us he's keeping his promise to return to the Philippines. Credit: Library of Congress.

Str. Promise. Credit: Library of Congress.

Steamer Promise. Credit: Library of Congress.

Stack of hemp grown on George Erickson's farm near Seneca, Illinois. He was induced to raise this crop on promise of a market for it. It is now rotting. Credit: Library of Congress.

Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) and Martha Promise Ledbetter, Wilton, Conn. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Gumps. "Say, Min, did you read these letters in the Gloop breach of promise suit?". Credit: Library of Congress.

We don't promise you a rose garden. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Nothing can make any man so, but his actually entering into it by positive engagement, and express promise and compact. (Second Treatise of Government)

This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1946)

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Promise me, Pooh, that you won't forget me ever, because if I thought you would, I wouldn't leave

The event had every promise of happiness for her friend

Milton makes Jove promise too much

Jean Valjean, who had no recollection of this promise, stood confounded

And you will promise God now that by His holy grace you will never offend Him any more by that wicked sin.

I promise you, I scarcely know myself

But this good prince was so gracious as to forgive the poor page his whipping, upon promise that he would do so no more, without special orders

This tuber seemed like a faint promise of Nature to rear her own children and feed them simply here at some future period

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Health

Some findings show promise. (references)

Promise sure cures and quick solutions. (references)

New medicines now being tested may also hold promise. (references)

Business

Icon Group does not promise or warrant that we will obtain information from any particular independent source. (references)

Having both recently acquired major U.K. brands, the companies promise to become stronger contenders in the coming years. (references)

At the high end, broadband satellite holds the future promise of delivering increasingly sophisticated mobile data services. (references)

Children

Dominican Republic

Poor adolescent girls and boys sometimes are enticed into performing sexual acts by the promise of food or clothing; sometimes they are forced into unsafe relationships with strangers by the need for money. (references)

Civil Liberties

Libya

The authorities reportedly have failed to honor a promise made to provide the Anglican Church with alternative facilities when the Government took the property used by the Anglicans in 1970. Since 1988 Anglicans have shared a villa with other Protestant denominations. (references)

Mauritania

The oath of office includes a promise to God to uphold the law of the land in conformity with Islamic precepts. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

Although Kazakhstan's mineral resources of ferrous and non-ferrous metals hold great promise, several high-profile investment disputes have hampered development of Kazakhstan's metals sector. (references)

Zambia

On at least one occasion, the government infringed on freedom of the press, and it continued to control two of the country's three daily newspapers, contrary to its 1991 campaign promise to privatize government-owned mass media. (references)

Yemen

Cognizant of its oil dependency, Yemeni officials have worked to improve their exploration and production contract terms and entered into several new exploration agreements with Nexen and Occidental in 2000 and 2001. Five U.S. exploration firms are presently operating in Yemen and some recent wells have shown promise. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

Although the new system was a significant step for the Government, human rights groups criticized the requirement of a promise to obey the law, including the NSL, as tantamount to forcing citizens to renounce their beliefs. (references)

Russia

Most suspects are released on their own recognizance if they sign a promise not to leave a specified location, or if another person signs a promise that the suspect will appear for trial. (references)

Yemen

AI's follow-up report, issued in July 1999, criticized the Government for not keeping its promise to investigate some of these abuses. (references)

Indigenous People

Suriname

The meeting resulted in a promise of quarterly meetings to monitor the implementation of the native land rights portion of the 1992 peace accords; however, at year's end neither the quarterly meetings nor the implementation had occurred. (references)

Political Economy

NIGERIA

President Obasanjo has promised accountability and respect for the rule of law, and after years of harsh military rule, the impact on the public of this promise is dramatic. (references)

UNITED KINGDOM

In keeping with the Labour government's promise from last year, the income tax "basic rate" (applied to taxable earnings from 1,521 to 28,400 pounds) will be reduced from 23 percent to 22 percent for the 2000-2001 tax year. (references)

Trade

Bahrain

A Letter of Credit (L/C) is a promise by a bank that it will make clearly stated payments to a named party under certain conditions. (references)

Japan

Promissory notes are IOUs with a promise to pay at a later date, typically 90 to 120 days. (references)

Egypt

In 2000, the size of the stock market (blue chips and bonds) was estimated at LE 119.6 billion (about $28.8 billion), excluding closed companies, compared to LE 5 billion in 1992. Also, the volume of trading in 2000 was 1753% more than the level in 1994. The stock market has fallen very sharply over the past one and a half years, but holds significant mid-to-long-term promise. (references)

Travel

Netherlands

It is much better to quote a later delivery date that can be guaranteed than promise an earlier delivery that is not completely certain. (references)

Thailand

The revelation of what Westerners regard as rampant graft, corruption, and favoritism as an integral part of Thai business and political practice, and the recognition of the great cost to society these actions have caused in the wake of the financial crisis, is causing many Thais to openly criticize, for the first time, the behavior of the privileged and powerful . Previously referred to euphemistically as "the Thai way," such favoritism was not necessarily tolerated, but not directly challenged . The new economic and social era in the making holds promise of also being fairer and more transparent . (references)

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

The woman allegedly was brought to the country on the promise that she would be employed as a housemaid. (references)

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Expressions using "promise": a lick and a promise ♦ abide by a promise ♦ act up to one's promise ♦ adhere to promise ♦ artist of promise ♦ be true to one's promise ♦ breach of promise ♦ breach of promise to marry ♦ break on one's promise ♦ break one's promise ♦ broken promise ♦ fail to keep promise ♦ fall down on a promise ♦ fulfil a promise ♦ give a promise ♦ give oneself a lick and promise ♦ hold smb. to his promise ♦ it is one thing to promise and another to perform ♦ keep one's promise ♦ keep promise ♦ keep smb. to one's promise ♦ Land of promise ♦ make a promise ♦ make good a promise ♦ on the strength of his promise ♦ Promise City ♦ promise faithfully ♦ promise in advance ♦ promise of marriage ♦ promise of payment ♦ promise oneself ♦ promise oneself smth. ♦ promise smb. the earth ♦ promise smb. the moon ♦ promise the moon ♦ promise well ♦ release one from one's promise ♦ release smb. from his promise ♦ renew a promise ♦ show promise ♦ show some promise ♦ To promise one's self ♦ under promise of ♦ vain promise ♦ wild promise ♦ written promise. Additional references.

Beginning with "promise": promise-breakers, promise-filled, promise-he.

Ending with "promise": breach-of-promise, counter-promise, delivery-to-promise, half-promise, n-promise, out-promise, self-promise.

Afrikaans

belowe, beloof, belofte (affirmation). (various references)

Albanian

premtoj (give one's word, make a promise, pledge, plight), premtim (carrot, commitment, engagement, faith, parole, pledge, plight, seal, undertaking, word), zotohem (bind smb., pledge, vow), shpresë suksesi, jap shpresë (give hope), jap fjalë (give one's word, plight one's troth, vow), fjalë (agreement, hearsay, language, news, order, report, rumor, rumour, say, speech, term, vocable, word). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عقد (act, agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, deed, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, ravel, vault, vaulting, writing), ‏بشر بنجاح, ‏بشير النجاح, ‏دل (announce, betoken, bode, denote, designate, indicate, infer, proclaim, read, signify, speak), ‏أعد حضر (concoct, give one's word, groom, prepare, ready), ‏أوعد (pledge, shimmer), ‏أوعد بالزواج, ‏إتفاق (accord, community, compact, composition, concert, concord, concordance, deal, oneness, pact, settlement, term, treaty, understanding, unity), ‏صمم (block out, deafness, design, devise, engineer, mold, mould, pattern, plan, premeditate, project, resolve, rough, sketch, will), ‏بشر (bode, break the news, buoyancy, foretoken, man, person, presage, prophesy, rasp), ‏عزم على, ‏مبشر بخير (propitious), ‏عهد (ally, covenant, date, epoch, era, pact, period, pledge, rule, testament, time), ‏تعاهد على, ‏تعهد (assurance, assure, bind, bond, care, commit oneself, commitment, contract, engage, engagement, guardianship, mind, nurse, obligation, pledge, plight, protection, stipulate, undertake, undertaking, warrant), ‏تواعد, ‏واعد (committed, favorable, favourable, hopeful, likely, portentous, promised, promising), ‏وعد (assurance, engagement, pledge, plight, troth, word), ‏وفى بوعده (deliver, deliver the goods, go back on, honor, honour, redeem), ‏مبشر (auspicious, encouraging, evangelist, favorable, favourable, hopeful, missionary, preacher, promising), ‏طمئن (assure, reassure, rest). (various references)

Basque

hitzeman (promise to). (various references)

Bulgarian 

откривам добри перспективи, обещавам (bode, give one's word, make a promise, plight one's word, prospect, undertake), обещание (assurance, engagement, faith, pledge, undertaking, word), нещо обещано, благоприятни указания, предсказвам (augur, forecast, foresay, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy), предричам (foreshow, predict, prognosticate), добри перспективи, давам обещание, давам надежди, давам дума (give one's word, guarantee). (various references)

Chinese 

誓言 (oath, pledge), 诺言, 答應 (reply), 約定 (engage, make an appointment), 承諾 (effort, undertaking). (various references)

Czech

příslib (vow), slibovat, slib (pledge, undertaking, word), slíbit (give one's word, make a promise, pledge, undertake), nadìje (chance, expectation, expectations, hope, odds, prospect). (various references)

Danish

love (acts, enactments of the Government), løfte (affirmation, lever, lift, raise). (various references)

Dutch

uitloven (advance, offer, propose, suggest, tender), toezeggen, beloven. (various references)

Esperanto

promeso, promesi. (various references)

Faeroese

lova. (various references)

Farsi 

پیمان بستن (Covenant, Pact, Stipulate), پیمان (Accord, Act, Agreement, Avow, Compact, Compaction, Concord, Contract, Covenant, Faith, Hand, League, Oath, Pact, Testament, Treaty, Troth, Vow), نوید, قول دادن (Engage, Undertake), قول (Avow, Vow, Word), وعده , عهد (Avow, Clause, Covenant, Era, Pact, Testament, Time, Vow, Word), انتظاروعده دادن . (various references)

Finnish

luvata (allow, pledge vow). (various references)

French

promettre, promesse (promissory note). (various references)

German

Zusage (acceptance, acceptation, admission, affirmation, assent, commitment, confirmation, consent, pledge, undertaking), versprechen (affirmation, betroth, pledge, promises, to promise, undertaking, vow), zusicherung (assurance, undertaking), zusagen (accept, appeal, confirm), verheißen (augur, to augur). (various references)

Greek 

υπόσχεση (engagement, pledge, troth), υπόσχομαι (pledge). (various references)

Hebrew 

הבטחה (assurance, pledge, protecting, security). (various references)

Hungarian

ígéret (assurance, earnest, engagement, faith, pledge, resolution, word). (various references)

Icelandic

loforð (affirmation), lofa. (various references)

Indonesian

menjanjikan, janji (appointment, commitment, vow), harap (hope), berjanji (pledge to do something). (various references)

Italian

promettere (augur, bode, pledge, show promise, to promise), promessa (affirmation, assent, assurance, pledge, vow). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

約束 (arrangement). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しょうらいせい (future prospects), しんやく (a new medicine, New Testament, new translation, vow), まえげいき (outlook, prospect), かねごと (prediction, prognostication), やくそくごと, やくそく (arrangement), やくだく (agreement), よげん (cosine, prediction, prognostication, prophecy), みどころ (highlight), ちぎり (destiny, pledge, share bed and board, vow). (various references)

Korean 

약속 (Appointment, Promising). (various references)

Manx

giall (bet, reveal), gialdynys (engagement, grant, hopefulness), gialdyn (back, grant, promising, stake), gialdin (grant). (various references)

Norwegian

love, løfte (affirmation). (various references)

Occitan

prometre. (various references)

Papiamen

promesa (affirmation), primintí. (various references)

Pig Latin

omisepray.(various references)

Polish

obiecywać. (various references)

Portuguese

promessa (affiance, engagement, hope, vow, word), prometer (affiance, hold out, make a promise, vow). (various references)

Romanian

promite (contract in, engage, shape well), promisiune (engagement, faith, undertaking, word), prevesti (augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, forebode, forerun, foreshadow, foreshow, foretell, foretoken, harbinger, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, threaten), perspectivã (expectation, outlook, perspective, prospect, view, vista), speranţã (anchor, anticipation, expectation, hope, trust), se obliga (bind oneself, commit, engage, oblige oneself), se angaja (commit oneself, engage, follow, sign on), nãdejde (hope), fãgãduialã (vow), fãgãdui (vow), cuvânt (accent, address, advice, catchword, locution, say, sound, speech, teaching, view, vocable, word), asigura (affix, assure, attach, cover, determine, ensure, fasten, find, fix, guarantee, guard, indemnify, insure, make fast, procure, provide, provide for, reassure, secure, underwrite), anunţa (advertise, announce, annunciate, bid, bill, blow around, cry, forebode, foretell, give notice, give out, Herald, import, inform, instruct, notify, publish, report, ring, usher in). (various references)

Romansch

empermetter (to promise). (various references)

Russian 

уверять (assure, avouch, reassure), обещать обещание, обещать (be commited to, engage for, make a promise, pledge), обещание (pledge, troth, word), подавать надежды, перспектива (aspect, outlook, perspective, prospect, vista). (various references)

Scottish

geall (a pledge, bet, desire, love : an geall air, pledge, wager, with the mind set upon). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zavetovati se (take an oath, vow), zavet (oath, pledge, testament, vow), obećati (answer for, make a promise, vow), obećanje (assurance, pledge, undertaking), dati (administrate, contribute, give, give away, let off, vest). (various references)

Spanish

prometer (give one's word, pledge, shape, undertake, vow), promesa (affirmation, undertaking, vow). (various references)

Sranan

pramisi (affirmation). (various references)

Swazi

kw-étsembísa (to promise). (various references)

Swedish

lova (commend, laud, Luff, pledge, praise, undertake, vow), löfte (affirmation, pledge, undertaking), utlova (offer). (various references)

Thai

การทำลวกๆ (lick and a promise). (various references)

Turkish

vâât etmek (commit, covenant, give one's word, hold out, pledge), vâât (assurance, commitment, faith, pledge, plight, undertaking, word), umutlu olmak, umut vermek (give hope, show some promise), umut verici şey, umut (expectance, expectancy, expectation, hope, prospect, wish), temin etmek (assure, cater, cater for, insure, make sure, procure, provide, provide with, supply, warrant), söz vermek (assure, commit, covenant, engage, give an undertaking, give one's word, guarantee, impawn, make a promise, pledge, pledge one's word, plight, take the pledge, undertake), söz (assurance, commitment, committal, engagement, expression, faith, pledge, plight, say, saying, sentence, spiel, statement, talk, term, upon my word, verbalism, vocable, voice, word, wordy), benzemek (appear, approach, approximate, be similar, bear resemblance to, compare, correspond, dovetail, Favor, favour, have an air of, have resemblance to, look alike, look like, match, mimic, remind, remind of, resemble, resemble smb. in looks, seem, take after, take on, throw back). (various references)

Turkmen 

wada, lebiz, дht (pledge, vow). (various references)

Ukrainian

обіцяти (bid fair, bode, hold out), обіцянка (affiance, faith, parole, troth, word), обіцяне, запевняти (assure, certify, convince, protest, tell, warrant), провіщати (adumbrate, bode, cast, divine, forebode, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, harbinger, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, shadow, signify, threaten, vaticinate, warn), перспектива (outlook, perspective, prospect, vista), передвіщати (augur, betoken, bode, omen, warrant). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nơi cực lạc (eden, kingdom-come), lời hứa, hứa hẹn chốn thiên thai, điều hẹn ước, điều hứa. (various references)

Welsh

addo, addewid. (various references)

fides, pollicendum, polliceri, polliceris, pollicetur, pollicita, pollicitatio, pollicitatione, pollicitationem, pollicitationes, polliciti, pollicitus, profiteor, promiseram, promiseras, promiserat, promiserunt, promisisset, promisisti, promisit, promisitque, promissa, promissi, promissio, promissione, promissionem, promissiones, promissionibus, promissionis, promissis, promissum, promittas, promittebant, promittebat, promittens, promittentes, promittere, promitterent, promittit, promittitis, promitto, promittunt, propono, repromisit, repromissa, repromissam, repromittit, sponde, spondeam, spondeas, spondentes, spondeo, sponsa, sponsae, sponsam, sponsas, sponsi, sponso, sponsum, sponsus, spoponderis, spoponderit, spoponderunt, spopondi, spopondit, vota, voti, votis, voto, votum. (various references)

mithra. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "promise": promised, promisee, promisees, promiser, promisers, promises. (additional references)

Words ending with "promise": compromise, outpromise, overpromise. (additional references)

Words containing "promise": compromised, compromiser, compromisers, compromises, immunocompromised, outpromised, outpromises, overpromised, overpromises. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Promise" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Phomis, Polmaise, pomiss, pommies, premisce, premisi, primie, primise, projiss, promesse, Promessi, promice, promine, promis, promisc, promisq, promiss, promist, Pronasol, pronide, provise. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: imposer, semipro.

-1 letter: impose, isomer, moires, mopers, mopier, poiser, porism, primes, primos, proems, rimose, simper, spirem.

-2 letters: emirs, mires, miser, moire, moper, mopes, mores, morse, omers, osier, peris, perms, piers, poems, poise, pomes, pores, poser, pries, prime, primo, prims, prise, prism, proem, proms, prose, repos, rimes, ripes, romps, ropes, speir, sperm, spier, spire, spore.

-3 letters: emir.

+1 letter: comprise, implores, imposers, imposter, impowers, improves, meropias, moperies, primeros, primrose, promines, promised, promisee, promiser, promises, reimpose, semipros.

+2 letters: compilers, compliers, comprised, comprises, comprizes, copremias, emporiums, europiums, impellors, imperious, implorers, importers, imposters, imposture, improvers, improvise, misreport, morphines, orpiments, peristome, persimmon, premonish, primroses, promisees, promisers, proxemics, reimports, reimposed, reimposes, semigroup, temporise.

+3 letters: ametropias, angiosperm, compromise, geotropism, hypodermis, imperators, impersonal, impervious, importunes, impostures, impoverish, impresario, impression, imprisoned, improvised, improviser, improvises, megasporic, mentorship, metropolis, micropores, micropyles, microscope, microspore, misreports, morphemics, optimizers, outpromise, oversimple, oversimply, peperomias, periosteum, peristomes, permission, peroxisome, persimmons, polymerise, polymerism, premoisten, princedoms, prolamines, proscenium, proseminar, protamines, recompiles, reimposing, resumption, semigroups, semitropic, slipformed, spirometer, spirometry, spoonerism, supermicro, temporised, temporises, temporizes.