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Promote

/pɹəˈmoʊt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
  2. (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
  3. (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
  4. (sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.
  5. (transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
  6. (transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
  7. (intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
  8. (transitive, programming) To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority.

Example Sentences

He promoted his clerk to office manager.
They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.
They promoted the new film with giant billboards.
so that finding myself on the point of going, and loath to leave the tender partner of my joys behind me, I employed all the forwarding motions and arts my experience suggested to me, to promote his keeping me company to our journey's end.
It appears that Le Guin is promoting a sort of self-critique on her own ideology. Interestingly, although the story does give such an impression, the problematic characteristics of the Anarresti society are far more severe than economic scarcities or isolation.
At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.
Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.
At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS.

Synonyms for promote

dignifyelevateupliftadvanceaggrandizeennobleexalthonornobilitatepreferpromoteraisemotivateprovokeabetactuategooselight a fire undersendstingbring aboutcheerdrawdriveencourageegg onengenderevokeexcitefoment

Antonyms for promote

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Related Words

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Word Forms

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does promote mean?

Promote means (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank..

What is a synonym for promote?

Common synonyms include dignify, elevate, uplift, advance.

What is the opposite of promote?

Possible antonyms include demote, relegate, denigrate, oppose.

How do you use promote in a sentence?

He promoted his clerk to office manager.

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