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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

pro·mote

[pruh-moht] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object), -mot·ed, -mot·ing.

1.	to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.

2.	to advance in rank, dignity, position, etc. (opposed to demote).

3.	Education. to put ahead to the next higher stage or grade of a course or series of classes.

4.	to aid in organizing (business undertakings).

5.	to encourage the sales, acceptance, etc., of (a product), esp. through advertising or other publicity.

6.	Informal. to obtain (something) by cunning or trickery; wangle.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME promoten < L prōmōtus, ptp. of prōmovére to move forward, advance. See pro-¹, motive

]

—Related forms

pro·mot·able, adjective

pro·mot·a·bil·i·ty, noun

—Synonyms 1. abet, back, forward, advance, assist, help, support. 2. elevate, raise, exalt.

—Antonyms 1. discourage, obstruct. 2. demote, degrade, abase.

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pro·mote (prə-mōt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. pro·mot·ed, pro·mot·ing, pro·motes

1. To raise to a more important or responsible job or rank.
2. To advance (a student) to the next higher grade.
To contribute to the progress or growth of; further. See Synonyms at advance.
To urge the adoption of; advocate: promote a constitutional amendment.
To attempt to sell or popularize by advertising or publicity: commercials promoting a new product.
To help establish or organize (a new enterprise), as by securing financial backing: promote a Broadway show.

[Middle English promoten, from Old French promoter, from Latin prōmovēre, prōmōt- : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + movēre, to move; see meuə- in Indo-European roots.]

pro·mot'a·bil'i·ty n., pro·mot'a·ble adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
promote

1387, "to advance (someone) to a higher grade or office," from L. promotus, pp. of promovere "move forward, advance," from pro- "forward" + movere "to move" (see move). General sense of "to further the growth or progress of (anything)" is from 1515. Promoter "one who promotes" is from 1450; financial sense of "one who leads in forming a company" is from 1876; sense of "one who organizes sporting or entertainment events" is attested from 1936.

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promote
verb
1.	contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
2.	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [ant: break]
3.	make publicity for; try to sell (a product); "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" [syn: advertise]
4.	be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
5.	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

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Promote

Pro*mote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Promoting.] [L. promotus, p. p. of promovere to move forward, to promote; pro forward + movere to move. See Move.]

1. To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance; to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. "Born to promote all truth." --Milton.

2. To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise; to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer.

I will promote thee unto very great honor. --Num. xxii. 17.

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee. --Prov. iv. 18.

Syn: To forward; advance; further; patronize; help; exalt; prefer; elevate; dignify.

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Promote

Pro*mote"\, v. i. To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person. [Obs.]

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