Promote

//pɹəˈmoʊt// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank. transitive

    "He promoted his clerk to office manager."

  2. 2
    make publicity for; try to sell (a product) wordnet
  3. 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. 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. 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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  1. 6
    be changed for a superior chess or checker piece wordnet
  2. 7
    To elevate to a higher league. passive, regional

    "At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League."

  3. 8
    give a promotion to or assign to a higher position wordnet
  4. 9
    To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure. transitive
  5. 10
    contribute to the progress or growth of wordnet
  6. 11
    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."

  7. 12
    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."

  8. 13
    To treat (a value) as a more capable data type or as having higher priority. transitive

    "to promote an int to a long"

Etymology

From Latin prōmōtus, perfect passive participle of prōmoveō (“move forward, advance”).

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