promote
to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
to advance in rank, dignity, position, etc. (opposed to demote).
Education. to put ahead to the next higher stage or grade of a course or series of classes.
to aid in organizing (business undertakings).
to encourage the sales, acceptance, etc., of (a product), especially through advertising or other publicity.
Informal. to obtain (something) by cunning or trickery; wangle.
Origin of promote
1Other words for promote
Opposites for promote
Other words from promote
- pro·mot·able, adjective
- pro·mot·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- pre·pro·mote, verb (used with object), pre·pro·mot·ed, pre·pro·mot·ing.
- self-pro·mot·ing, adjective
- un·pro·mot·a·ble, adjective
- un·pro·mot·ed, adjective
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How to use promote in a sentence
And more trivial modifications like altering bodily odors and promoting a healthy lifestyle.
There were the bevvy of performances promoting Beyoncé, too, which were characteristically spectacular.
Bow Down, Bitches: How Beyoncé Turned an Elevator Brawl Into a Perfect Year | Kevin Fallon | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he had to remember one thing: he was promoting himself at this point, Sam Cooke, not RCA.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ | Peter Guralnick | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir clear priorities : faster economic growth and promoting upward mobility for the middle and working classes.
So I was happy to see that the European theory of terroir was in action, promoting with pride the qualities of a specific region.
So Mistral has devoted himself to promoting knowledge of its history, traditions, language, and religion.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerWhen not promoting some unholy rag, Shoeblossom resembled an elderly gentleman of studious habits.
The Gold Bat | P. G. WodehouseThere is no game like this for promoting warmth and exercising the ingenuity.
The Book of Sports: | William MartinIn the case of gangrened wounds a little earth has been found efficacious in promoting healthy action of the skin.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldMine were under a benevolent prince, in promoting the commerce, manufactures, and agriculture of his kingdom.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of Education
British Dictionary definitions for promote
/ (prəˈməʊt) /
to further or encourage the progress or existence of
to raise to a higher rank, status, degree, etc
to advance (a pupil or student) to a higher course, class, etc
to urge the adoption of; work for: to promote reform
to encourage the sale of (a product) by advertising or securing financial support
chess to exchange (a pawn) for any piece other than a king when the pawn reaches the 8th rank
Origin of promote
1Derived forms of promote
- promotable, adjective
- promotion, noun
- promotional, adjective
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