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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.
EXPANDto encourage the sales, acceptance, etc., of (a product), especially through advertising or other publicity.
6.
COLLAPSEInformal. to obtain (something) by cunning or trickery; wangle.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English promoten < Latin prōmōtus, past participle of prōmovēre to move forward, advance. See pro-1, motive
1350–1400; Middle English promoten < Latin prōmōtus, past participle of prōmovēre to move forward, advance. See pro-1, motive
Related forms
pro·mot·able, adjective
pro·mot·a·bil·i·ty, noun
pre·pro·mote, verb (used with object), -mot·ed, -mot·ing.
self-pro·mot·ing, adjective
un·pro·mot·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDun·pro·mot·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. abet, back, forward, advance, assist, help, support. 2. elevate, raise, exalt.
1. abet, back, forward, advance, assist, help, support. 2. elevate, raise, exalt.
Antonyms
1. discourage, obstruct. 2. demote, degrade, abase.
1. discourage, obstruct. 2. demote, degrade, abase.
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Word Origin & History
promote
late 14c., "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 1510s. Promoter "one who
EXPAND promotes" is from mid-15c.; 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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