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Promote
//pɹəˈmoʊt// verb
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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
- 9 To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure. transitive
- 10 contribute to the progress or growth of wordnet
- 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."
- 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."
- 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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