What does "promote" mean?

To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

What is a synonym for "promote"?

Common synonyms include: raise, advance, advertise, elevate, encourage, push.

//pɹəˈmoʊt// verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Verb

1
To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank. transitive
"He promoted his clerk to office manager."
2
make publicity for; try to sell (a product) wordnet
3
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity. transitive
"They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time."
4
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 wordnet
5
To encourage, urge or incite. transitive
"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."

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6
be changed for a superior chess or checker piece wordnet
7
To elevate to a higher league. passive, regional
"At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League."
8
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position wordnet
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To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure. transitive
10
contribute to the progress or growth of wordnet
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To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank. transitive
"Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen."
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To move on to a subsequent stage of education. Singapore, intransitive
"At the end of Primary 6 students can promote directly to the secondary section of SIS."
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To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority. transitive
"to promote an int to a long"