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pro⋅mo⋅tion

  [pruh-moh-shuhn]
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–noun
1. advancement in rank or position.
2. furtherance or encouragement.
3. the act of promoting.
4. the state of being promoted.
5. something devised to publicize or advertise a product, cause, institution, etc., as a brochure, free sample, poster, television or radio commercial, or personal appearance.
6. Also called queening. Chess. the replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color, usually a queen.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < LL prōmōtiōn- (s. of prōmōtiō). See promote, -ion

Related forms:
pro⋅mo⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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pro·mo·tion   (prə-mō'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of promoting or the fact of being promoted; advancement.
  2. Encouragement of the progress, growth, or acceptance of something; furtherance.
  3. Advertising; publicity.
pro·mo'tion·al adj., pro·mo'tion·al·ly adv.
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promotion 
1429, "advancement," from O.Fr. promotion (14c.), from L. promotionem, noun of action from promovere (see promote). Meaning "advertising, publicity" first recorded 1925. Promotional "relating to advertising" first recorded 1922.
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Language Translation for : Promotion
Spanish: ascenso, promoción,
German: die Beförderung,
Japanese: 昇進
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promotion pro·mo·tion (prə-mō'shən)
n.
The stimulation of the progress or growth of a tumor following initiation by a promoter.

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