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Promote Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Promote?
[v] 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"
[v] board games: change a chess pawn for a king by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it the row closest to your opponent [v] board games: be changed for a superior chess or checker piece [v] 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" [v] contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom" Synonyms | Synonyms for Promote: advance | advertise | advertize | boost | elevate | encourage | further | kick upstairs | push | raise | upgrade Related Terms | Find terms related to Promote: See Also | assign | back up | bill | brevet | bring up | carry | change | conduce | connive at | contribute | delegate | depute | designate | ennoble | entitle | favor | favour | feed | foster | gentle | help | lead | play | plug | praise | prefer | propagandise | propagandize | queen | spot promote | spur | support | tenure | wink at Promote In Webster's Dictionary \Pro*mote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Promoted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Promoting}.] [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. To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [Obs.] |
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