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"


2. Verb. Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position. "I got promoted after many years of hard work"
Exact synonyms: Advance, Elevate, Kick Upstairs, Raise, Upgrade
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"

4. Verb. Be changed for a superior chess or checker piece.
Category relationships: Board Game
Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Queen

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.
Category relationships: Chess, Chess Game
Generic synonyms: Play
Specialized synonyms: Queen

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

promogulate
promogulated
promogulates
promogulating
promoing
promonocyte
promonocytic
promontories
promontory
promorphological
promorphology
promos
promotabilities
promotability
promotable
promote (current term)
promote to Glory
promoted
promotee
promotees
promoter
promoters
promotes
promotility
promoting
promotingly
promotion
promotion system
promotional
promotional expense

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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