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Definition of Promote
1. Verb. Contribute to the progress or growth of. "They promote him to write the letter"; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
Specialized synonyms: Connive At, Wink At, Foster, Further, Spur, Help, Carry, Feed, Conduce, Contribute, Lead
Generic synonyms: Back Up, Support
Derivative terms: Advance, Boost, Booster, Booster, Encouragement, Furtherance, Promotion, Promotion, Promotive
2. Verb. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
Generic synonyms: Assign, Delegate, Depute, Designate
Specialized synonyms: Tenure, Bring Up, Spot Promote, Ennoble, Entitle, Gentle, Favor, Favour, Prefer, Brevet
Derivative terms: Advancement, Elevation, Elevation, Promotion
Antonyms: Demote
3. Verb. Make publicity for; try to sell (a product). "Sam and Sue promote the movie "; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
Generic synonyms: Praise
Specialized synonyms: Propagandise, Propagandize, Plug, Bill, Agitate, Campaign, Crusade, Fight, Press, Push
Related verbs: Agitate, Campaign, Crusade, Fight, Press, Push
Derivative terms: Advertisement, Advertiser, Advertising, Advertising, Advertizement, Advertizer, Promoter, Promotion
4. Verb. Be changed for a superior chess or checker piece.
5. 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.
Definition of Promote
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.
Definition of Promote
1. Verb. (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity. ¹
3. Verb. To encourage, urge or incite ¹
4. Verb. (sports usually in passive form) To elevate to the above league. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Promote
1. to contribute to the progress of [v -MOTED, -MOTING, -MOTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Promote
Literary usage of Promote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary by Joseph Story (1891)
"POWER TO promote SCIENCE AND USEFUL ARTS. § 1151. THE next power of Congress
is, " to promote the progress of science and the useful arts, by securing, ..."
2. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"We there see private citizens form considerable enterprises, in order to promote
the glory and welfare of the nation. And while a bad prince would find his ..."
3. The Lancet (1842)
"They make no exertions to turn the experience of their medical officers to account,
to promote the science of medicine, or to improve the condition of the ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He was a fréquent lecturer, not only at his own institution, but at the London
Institution and elee- where, and was always ready to do his best to promote ..."
5. The Twentieth Century by Caroline Farrar Ware (1908)
"WILL THE LICENSING BILL promote SOBRIETY? THE arguments and statements which Mr.
Pratt repeats in the April number of this Eeview in support of his ..."
6. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"During the past quarter of a century Mr. Wilson, by his genial disposition,
obliging manners, and thoroughly zealous efforts to promote and successfully ..."
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