Promote

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To raise to a more important or responsible job or rank.
  • transitive verb. To advance (a student) to the next higher grade.
  • transitive verb. To contribute to the progress or growth of; further. synonym: advance.
  • transitive verb. To urge the adoption of; advocate.
  • transitive verb. To attempt to sell or popularize by advertising or publicity.
  • transitive verb. To help establish or organize (a new enterprise), as by securing financial backing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Promoted.
  • In ecclesiastical law, to appeal to an ecclesiastical court, acting therein as informant and receiving compensation or fines exacted from the defendant. Such an informant is called a promoter and the court is said to be promoted.
  • To contribute to the establishment, growth, enlargement, or improvement of, as of anything valuable, or to the development, increase, or influence of, as of anything evil; forward; advance.
  • To exalt, or raise to a higher post or position; prefer in rank or honor: as, to promote a captain to a majority.
  • To inform against.
  • Synonyms To further, help, encourage, assist.
  • To give information; be an informer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person.
  • transitive verb. 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
  • transitive verb. To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
  • verb. To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
  • verb. To encourage, urge or incite
  • verb. To elevate to the above league.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
  • verb. contribute to the progress or growth of
  • verb. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
  • verb. make publicity for; try to sell (a product)
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "What I promote is the idea that more people share my expectations, so fewer people are harmed by government failure, and so we can stop this slide toward increasingly large portions of our lives being subject to the whims, interests, and prejudices of politicians."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    demote  denigrate  oppose  
    Rhyme
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    Capote  Choate  Vote  afloat  bloat  
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