Dictionary

promote en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /pɹəˈməʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pɹəˈmoʊt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
   • He promoted his clerk to office manager.
2. (transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
   • They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.
   • They promoted the new film with giant billboards.
3. (transitive) To encourage, urge or incite.
   • It appears that Le Guin is promoting a sort of self-critique on her own ideology. Interestingly, although the story does give such an impression, the problematic characteristics of the Anarresti society are far more severe than economic scarcities or isolation. 2019 May 21, Israel Alves Corrêa Noletto, Sebastião Alves Teixeira Lopes, “Language and ideology: glossopoesis as a secondary narrative framework in Le Guin’s The dispossessed”, in Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, volume 41, number 2, →DOI:
   • so that finding myself on the point of going, and loath to leave the tender partner of my joys behind me, I employed all the forwarding motions and arts my experience suggested to me, to promote his keeping me company to our journey's end. 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:
4. (passive, regional) To elevate to a higher league.
   • At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.
5. (transitive) To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
6. (transitive) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
   • Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.
7. (Singapore, intransitive) To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
   • At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS.
8. (transitive) To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority.
   • Some C# language features will promote values from the stack to the heap.
   • to promote an int to a long

Forms

Antonyms

deprave · foul · speak ill of · unflatter · diss · discredit · detract · scandal · chat shite · spatter · torch · relegate · malign · demote · villainize · forspeak · vilipend · blur · slander · calumniate · spot · smear · disparage · drag through the mud · vilify · trash-talk · stab · oppose · slag · traduce · wrong · besmirch · belibel · reproach · sully · monsterize · blemish · lampoon · blame · dirty · talk shit · disrepute · blaze · asperse · besmear · libel · defame · talk shite · stain · befoul · backbite · assassinate · calumny · demonize · muddy · badmouth · bewray · depreciate · chat shit · blot · shit-talk · forgab · smirch · denigrate · revile · denigrate · cloud · disgrace · talk trash · blacken · tarnish · infamize

Deriveds

mispromote · co-promote · promotive · copromote · self-promote · promoteability · promotingly · overpromote · promotable · promotability · promoter · oncopromoting · promote to customer · depromote · repromote · promotor · cross-promote · promotement · promotee · underpromote · promote to Glory

Synonyms

draw · drive · excite · abet · provoke · engender · feed · invoke · inflame · stir up · uplift · stoke · promote · goad · fuel · prompt · cultivate · ignite · move · elevate · culture · whip up · light a fire under · set off · motive · aggrandize · promote · urge · grill · encourage · provoke · actuate · promote · send · dignify · prefer · rouse · foster · stimulate · peddle · evoke · encourage · incite · instigate · grow · foment · spur on · push · bring about · obligate · goose · stir · nobilitate · raise · oblige · tempt · sting · motivate · dignify · lash · spark off · induce · whet · egg on · advance · spur · honor · ennoble · impel · pitch · exalt · elevate · motivate · cheer · forward · raise · uplift

Translations (95)

ja 増進させる (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · cmn 提升 (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · it promuovere (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · ka დააწინაურებს (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · uk просунути (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · ar رَوَّجَ (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · cy hyrwyddo (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · cmn 升官 (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · khb ᦷᦍᧅ (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · bg издигам (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · ca promoure (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · ar رَقَّى (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · tr desteklemek (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · vi lên chức (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · cs propagovat (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · uk підвищити (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · el προωθώ (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · th ผลักดัน (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · eo promocii (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · et edutama (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · pl awansować (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · ca ascendir (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · fi mainostaa (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · sv befordra (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · khb ᦂᦻᧈᦉᧁᧈ (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · pt promover (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · pl promować (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · fr faire la promotion de... (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · ka ახალისებს (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · es ascender (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · cy dyrchafu (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · fr promotionner (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · et ülendama (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · fi ylentää (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · vi thăng chức (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · vi khuyến khích (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · de befördern (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · osx frummian (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · pl zaawansować (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · ka ეხმარება (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · hu előléptet (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · fi tukea (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · es promover (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · de promovieren (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · bg насърчавам (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · et edendama (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · ka მხარს უჭერს (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · vi phong cấp (replace a pawn by a different chess piece) · nb forfremme (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · bg повишавам (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · bg поощрявам (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · nl bekend maken (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · khb ᦑᦳᧃᧉᦍᦴᧉ (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · de fördern (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · mi whakapiki (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · nl promoten (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · nl promotie maken (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · et promoma (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · ga cuir chun cinn (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · uk сприяти (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · nl promoveren (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · th เลื่อนตำแหน่ง (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · it diffondere (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · ru продви́нуть (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · th ส่งเสริม (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · ca promocionar (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · lo ເລື່ອນ (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · ka ხელს უწყობს (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · vi phong (replace a pawn by a different chess piece) · ga ardaigh (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · it sostenere (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · cs povýšit (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · ko 진급시키다 (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · enm enhauncen (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · fr promouvoir (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · cy hybu (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · it pubblicizzare (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · vi đề xướng (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · hu népszerűsít (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · gl promover (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · cmn 提倡 (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · pt promover (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · ru повы́сить (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · fi korottaa (replace a pawn by a different chess piece) · th เลื่อน (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · fi kannattaa (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · es promover (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · ka აწინაურებს (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · pl wypromować (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · mi whakatairanga (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · khb ᦵᦕᧀᦶᦕᧈ (advocate or urge on behalf of something) · nl bevorderen (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · yue 升呢 (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) · de umwandeln (replace a pawn by a different chess piece) · prg brewīntwei (advocate or urge on behalf of something)