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PROMOTE
advertise, advertize, promote, push
(verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product); “The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model”; “The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops”
promote
(verb) 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
promote
(verb) be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
(verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; “John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired”; “Women tend not to advance in the major law firms”; “I got promoted after many years of hard work”
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
(verb) contribute to the progress or growth of; “I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
promote (third-person singular simple present promotes, present participle promoting, simple past and past participle promoted)
(transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
(transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
(sports, usually in passive form) To elevate to a higher league.
(transitive, chemistry) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
(transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
(intransitive, Singapore) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
Antonyms
• (raise rank): demote, relegate
• (advocate or urge on behalf of): denigrate, oppose
Anagrams
• protome, temporo-, topomer
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*mote", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Promoting.] Etym: [L. promotus, p. p. of promovere to move forward, to promote; pro forward + movere to move. See Move.]
1. To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. "Born to promote all truth." Milton.
2. To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer. I will promote thee unto very great honor. Num. xxii. 17. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee. Prov. iv. 18.
Syn.
– To forward; advance; further; patronize; help; exalt; prefer; elevate; dignify.
Pro*mote", v. i.
Definition: To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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