promotion
[pruh-moh-shuh n]
- advancement in rank or position.
- furtherance or encouragement.
- the act of promoting.
- the state of being promoted.
- something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance.
- Also called queening. Chess. the replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color, usually a queen.
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Origin of promotion
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Examples from the Web for promotion
Contemporary Examples
The culture of promotion through seniority kills creativity and effectiveness.
Charter schools, rejecting the tenet of promotion through seniority, promised to do better.
They have experimented with new products and have invested millions into aggressive marketing and promotion.
The CDC too, has been emphatic in their promotion of the technique.
Landon Wilson, a U.S. Navy cryptologic technician, returned from Afghanistan in 2013 to a promotion for good work.
Historical Examples
The authorities here have recommended him for promotion to the rank of Major.
RidgewayScian Dubh
To do as you advise would be to change all the rules set down for promotion.
The Boy Life of NapoleonEugenie Foa
It would have alarmed his superiors, and done away with his chances of promotion.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
He was not in the line of promotion, and probably left the navy at the peace.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
All his promotion had come from trying to excel in his routine work.
Heroes of the TelegraphJ. Munro
Word Origin and History for promotion
n.
c.1400, "advancement in rank or position," from Old French promocion "election, promotion" (14c., Modern French promotion) and directly from Latin promotionem (nominative promotio) "a moving forward," noun of action from past participle stem of promovere (see promote). Meaning "advertising, publicity" first recorded 1925.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
promotion
(prə-mō′shən)- The stimulation of the progress or growth of a tumor following initiation by a promoter.
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