What does it really mean? "did you find anything promising?"

[thirith]

Hi All,

what does "did you find anything promising?" really mean?

Thanks

[emsr2d2]

Hi all,

What does "did you find anything promising?" really mean?

Thanks.

As always, it depends on the context. Did you see the phrase somewhere specific? If so, can you post the rest of the conversation?

[thirith]

As always, it depends on the context. Did you see the phrase somewhere specific? If so, can you post the rest of the conversation?

It is just a random sentence.

[riquecohen]

As emsr2d2 has said, "it depends on the context." In the absence of context, I would say that it's a very straightforward question. If you are in doubt as to the definition of promising, look here. promising - definition of promising by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.