promote
Other forms: promoted; promoting; promotes
If you work for a marketing firm, your job is to promote new products — to publicize them and to try to get the public to buy them.
The verb promote can also mean to advance to a higher position. Because of your hard work, your boss might decide to promote you. In school, passing students are promoted each year when they enter a higher grade. In chess, the verb promote is used when a pawn is exchanged for a higher ranking piece. Make sure you promote your pawn to a queen, giving you two queens on the board and a strong advantage in the game.
Definitions of promote
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give a promotion to or assign to a higher position“I got promoted after many years of hard work”
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synonyms:
advance, elevate, kick upstairs, raise, upgrade
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Antonyms:
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break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
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tenure
give life-time employment to
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bring up
promote from a lower position or rank
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spot promote
promote on the spot
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ennoble, entitle, gentle
give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
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favor, favour, prefer
promote or prefer over another
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brevet
promote somebody by brevet, in the military
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baronetise, baronetize
confer baronetcy upon
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lord
make a lord of someone
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dub, knight
raise (someone) to knighthood
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advantage
give an advantage to
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break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
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contribute to the progress or growth of“I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom”
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connive at, wink at
give one's silent approval to
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foster, further
promote the growth of
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spur
incite or stimulate
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help
contribute to the furtherance of
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carry
take further or advance
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feed
support or promote
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conduce, contribute, lead
be conducive to
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make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
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agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
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propagandise, propagandize
spread by propaganda
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plug
make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote
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bill
advertise especially by posters or placards
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agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
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type of:
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praise
express approval of
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agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push
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be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
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change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
Pronunciation
US
/prəˈmoʊt/
UK
/prəˈməʊt/
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