hold promise

to be likely to succeed The new drug holds promise for helping to control addiction.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Londyn	LUN-dən	English (Modern)
Rainer	RIE-ner (German)	German, Ancient Germanic
Tempest	TEM-pəst	English (Rare)
Christian	KRIS-chən (English), KRISH-chən (English), krees-TYAWN (French), KRIS-tee-ahn (German, Swedish)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Susan	['su:zn]
Odell	[əu'del]