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promote Definition

pro·mote (prə mōt′, prō-)

transitive verb -·mot′ed, -·mot′·ing

  1. to raise or advance to a higher position or rank she was promoted to manager
  2. to help bring about or further the growth or establishment of to promote the general welfare
  3. ☆ to further the popularity, sales, etc. of by publicizing and advertising to promote a product
  4. ☆ Slang to acquire (something) by devious or cunning means
  5. Chess to convert (a pawn that has crossed the board and reached the end row) to a more powerful piece
  6. ☆ Educ. to move (a student) forward a grade in school

Etymology: ME promoten < L promotus, pp. of promovere, to move forward: see pro- & move

promote Related Forms
pro·mot′·able adjective
promote Synonyms

promote

v.

  1. To further

    forward, further, advance, encourage, support, help, aid, abet, assist, develop, back, uphold, champion, patronize, propagandize, advertise, publicize, urge, advocate, cultivate, improve, strengthen, push, bolster, boost, foster, nourish, nurture, subsidize, second, befriend, benefit, subscribe to, favor, expand, serve, subserve, better, avail, sell, lobby for, get behind*, plug*, tout*, hype*.

    Antonyms discourage*, weaken, enfeeble.

  2. To advance in rank

    raise, advance, elevate, graduate, move up, exalt, aggrandize, magnify, prefer, favor, increase, ascend, better, ennoble, dignify; kick upstairs*, up*.

    Antonyms humble*, demote, reduce.

to promote is to help in the establishment, development, or success of something to promote good will; advance implies assistance in hastening the course of anything or in moving toward an objective to advance a project; forward emphasizes the idea of action as an impetus concessions were made to forward the pact; further emphasizes assistance in bringing a desired goal closer to further a cause

promote Usage Examples

Object

  • equality: Trying to induce long-distance moves for example, from the South to the North in order to promote greater equality is difficult.
  • awareness: The Madeley Living History Project has recently received a Heritage Lottery Fund grant to restore the grave and promote greater awareness of it.
  • understanding: Education Refugee Week Refugee Week is a nation wide program of events that promotes understanding about refugees.
  • inclusion: Life In The Community: A project to promote community Inclusion for People with high support needs.
  • excellence: A professional organization to promote excellence in the field of clinical trials.
  • practice: Guide promotes best practice by all those involved in managing the coast in England.

Preposition: as

  • means: ODA ( Open Document Architecture ) A standard promoted as a means of sharing documents of various forms.

Adjective complement

  • healthy: Councils should actively promote good healthy welsh produce through establishments such as schools, hospitals and senior citizens homes.

Modifying Another Word

  • actively: You will need to actively promote your best practice resources.
  • newly: Newly promoted Watford are being heavily linked with a move for Palace winger Jobi McAnuff.
  • thereby: Partnership Show your support for the aims of our work by associating your name with the show thereby promoting your organization to our membership.
  • positively: Almond has been externally assessed as positively promoting the employment of disabled people.
  • effectively: It also illustrates how public awareness of women's rights can be effectively promoted.
  • widely: The work will be widely promoted through our links with health, education, social care and the voluntary sector.

Used with why or when

  • what: The Lord uses the pressing need of opposition to promote what ought to come about in any case.

Present participle complement

  • volunteer: This will be promoting volunteering recruitment in Shops in those areas.
  • learn: I'm particularly interesting in how black-box or white-box software might promote learning with respect to linear programming.
  • walk: A school may for instance, decide to promote walking to and from school one Wednesday every term, every month or every fortnight.
  • heal: Altogether, this provides a powerful lift to the mind and the emotions which, in turn, promote healing still further.
  • motorcycle: It promotes motorcycling and the benefits associated with it.
promote Quotes

Re¤  compensez, avancez ce jeune homme; car, si l'on e¤  tait ingrat envers lui, il s'avancerait de lui-me"  me. Reward that young man, promote him; for if his services are not recognised, he will promote himself.

—Dugommier, General Jean Fran c° ois Coquille