Dictionary

promoter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /pɹəˈmoʊtɚ/ (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 Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English promoter From promote + -er.

Meanings

1. One who promotes.
   • The very language we use to symbolize reality is both product and promoter of the repressive reality of our present consciousness. 1971, Jearld F. Moldenhauer, “Sweeping Statements”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 16:
   • a promoter of seditious ideas
2. One who promotes. ▸ One who promotes entertainment events or goods.
   • events promoter
   • a music promoter
3. The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.
4. An accelerator of catalysis that is not itself a catalyst.

Forms

Antonyms

detractor · detractor

Deriveds

promotress · self-promoter · stock promoter · promoterome · copromoter · promoterless

Translations (29)

ro promotor (one who promotes) · sv stöttepelare (one who promotes) · es catalizador (A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst) · ca promotora (one who promotes) · sv främjare (one who promotes) · de Promoter (one who promotes) · pl promotor (A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst) · es impulsor (one who promotes) · fi promoottori (one who promotes) · sv förbättrare (one who promotes) · it promotore (A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst) · ru промо́утер (one who promotes) · es promotor (one who promotes) · sv promotor (one who promotes) · cs propagátor (one who promotes) · es promotor (A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst) · sw promota (one who promotes) · ar مُرَوِّج (one who promotes) · fr promoteur (one who promotes) · pt promotor (A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst) · pl promotorka (A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst) · uk промо́утер (one who promotes) · la firmātor (one who promotes) · ca promotor (one who promotes) · fr promoteur (A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst) · sv stödjare (one who promotes) · cmn 啟動子 /启动子 (one who promotes) · fr promotrice (one who promotes) · cy hyrwyddwr (one who promotes)